‘Ceuta, Melilla Are Not in Spain’: Top Rubio Ally Escalates Against Madrid

In what may be the most politically consequential utterance by a sitting US congressman on the status of Spain’s North African enclaves in years, Republican Representative Mario Díaz-Balart has declared that Ceuta and Melilla “are not in the geographic territory of Spain” but “in the territory of Morocco” – and that their fate “is established, negotiated, and discussed between friends and allies.” The post ‘Ceuta, Melilla Are Not in Spain’: Top Rubio Ally Escalates Against Madrid appeared fir...

By Adil Faouzi