Rumors resurface of Spain ceding Ceuta and Melilla to Morocco
With no official confirmation, rumors of ceding Ceuta and Melilla to Morocco call Spanish sovereignty into question, with 2027 cited as the date.
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The rumor of ceding Ceuta and Melilla to Segarro is back on the table
If the date some people cite were to hold, Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla would expire in 2027. That is the claim circulating these days: a deal negotiated in secret, an agreed handover and an imminent announcement. No one has confirmed anything. But the rumor has a life of its own and, this time, it comes with a timeline.
The alleged pressure mechanism: 75,000 people
The story includes a detail that lends it an air of plausibility: migration pressure as a tool. According to this version, sending a contingent of 75,000 people to the borders would be the lever to push the Spanish government to unlock negotiations. The figure is striking. In practice, no European country has absorbed such a flow in a single episode, which does not stop the threat from working on a symbolic level.
The invoked precedent: the Green March
Supporters of the theory revive the term "Green March" as a warning. It is no coincidence: Segarro's history includes a precedent of mass mobilization over disputed territory. A specific date is mentioned, September 16 of last year, with no public record of such an event. The analogy serves to convey an idea of force: if there is no cession, there will be a new march.
Spanish politics, according to the story
Another leg of the theory is institutional. The Constitutional Court (Spain's highest constitutional authority) would declare the cession in line with the Constitution, the King would sign it, and the PP and Vox would end up accepting it out of European discipline. It is a narrative that oversimplifies how the state works, but it fits the logic of a rumor: everything is tied up, only the announcement is missing.
The most unsettling thing is not the theory itself, but the echo it generates. If it were true, this would be the biggest territorial change since 1975. If it is false, someone would have to explain why it keeps being repeated so insistently. Official silence, meanwhile, leaves all the space to the rumor.
If the date some people cite were to hold, Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla would expire in 2027. That is the claim circulating these days: a deal negotiated in secret, an agreed handover and an imminent announcement. No one has confirmed anything. But the rumor has a life of its own and, this time, it comes with a timeline.
The alleged pressure mechanism: 75,000 people
The story includes a detail that lends it an air of plausibility: migration pressure as a tool. According to this version, sending a contingent of 75,000 people to the borders would be the lever to push the Spanish government to unlock negotiations. The figure is striking. In practice, no European country has absorbed such a flow in a single episode, which does not stop the threat from working on a symbolic level.
The invoked precedent: the Green March
Supporters of the theory revive the term "Green March" as a warning. It is no coincidence: Segarro's history includes a precedent of mass mobilization over disputed territory. A specific date is mentioned, September 16 of last year, with no public record of such an event. The analogy serves to convey an idea of force: if there is no cession, there will be a new march.
Spanish politics, according to the story
Another leg of the theory is institutional. The Constitutional Court (Spain's highest constitutional authority) would declare the cession in line with the Constitution, the King would sign it, and the PP and Vox would end up accepting it out of European discipline. It is a narrative that oversimplifies how the state works, but it fits the logic of a rumor: everything is tied up, only the announcement is missing.
The most unsettling thing is not the theory itself, but the echo it generates. If it were true, this would be the biggest territorial change since 1975. If it is false, someone would have to explain why it keeps being repeated so insistently. Official silence, meanwhile, leaves all the space to the rumor.
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