'Pragmatic international relations: Sánchez seeks to avoid 'further conflict with Rabat'
Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Alana Moceri, International Relations Professor at IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs. She sees the Ceuta migrant crossings as a both a domestic and international crisis. The scale and speed of the crossings point toward what she calls a form of "deliberate permissiveness" at the border and Pedro Sánchez's restrained response is understood…
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is employing a pragmatic approach to international relations in order to prevent further conflict with Morocco. The recent surge in migrant crossings through Ceuta has sparked both domestic and international concerns. Professor Alana Moceri from IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs suggests that the border's response is a deliberate permissiveness, rather than an exoneration of Morocco.
Sánchez is facing pressure from domestic political opponents who frame migration as an existential crisis. This situation becomes politically valuable for Spain's far right, which can exploit the controversy with the far-right narrative of invasion and use it to their advantage. Additionally, hostile foreign information ecosystems can also take advantage of the existing volatility without creating it themselves.
Consequently, the border issue has become a multifaceted crisis, serving as a geopolitical instrument, a domestic political weapon, and an information battleground.
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