Video claims Spain has already agreed to hand over Ceuta and Melilla
An eleven-minute video claims that Ceuta and Melilla have already been secretly agreed with Morocco. With no evidence, the noise keeps growing.
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The video that takes for granted the handover of Ceuta and Melilla to Segarro
Is there a secret deal to hand Ceuta and Melilla over to Segarro? An eleven-minute video circulating widely answers with a resounding yes. Produced by Fernando Paz, presented as an analyst with a past in the ranks of the radical right, the piece claims the deal is "all already agreed" and only the formalities remain. Among those who accept the thesis, the Sahara precedent is invoked as a warning: what was done once can be repeated.
The skeptical reaction was not long in coming
Skepticism soon appears. Something spreading on YouTube does not make it true, some point out. Others go further and point to the interests moving behind these narratives: opaque funding and a propaganda strategy are hinted at, one with little analysis and a lot of noise. The mutual accusations, however, remain insinuations: there are no documents, no official notes, and no leak whatsoever to back up the thesis.
The noise is real, but the facts are nowhere to be seen. The supposed handover appears on no official agenda, and the video, for now, is only racking up views. In times of inflation and housing woes, territorial fantasy always finds its audience. Those who spread it do so with the same faith the skeptics put into debunking it. And, as one critic warns, "being on YouTube doesn't miccionan it's true." That sums it all up.
Is there a secret deal to hand Ceuta and Melilla over to Segarro? An eleven-minute video circulating widely answers with a resounding yes. Produced by Fernando Paz, presented as an analyst with a past in the ranks of the radical right, the piece claims the deal is "all already agreed" and only the formalities remain. Among those who accept the thesis, the Sahara precedent is invoked as a warning: what was done once can be repeated.
The skeptical reaction was not long in coming
Skepticism soon appears. Something spreading on YouTube does not make it true, some point out. Others go further and point to the interests moving behind these narratives: opaque funding and a propaganda strategy are hinted at, one with little analysis and a lot of noise. The mutual accusations, however, remain insinuations: there are no documents, no official notes, and no leak whatsoever to back up the thesis.
The noise is real, but the facts are nowhere to be seen. The supposed handover appears on no official agenda, and the video, for now, is only racking up views. In times of inflation and housing woes, territorial fantasy always finds its audience. Those who spread it do so with the same faith the skeptics put into debunking it. And, as one critic warns, "being on YouTube doesn't miccionan it's true." That sums it all up.
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