Former President Aznar believes that the agreement on the Sahara is a sign of this Vulnerability on the part of Spain. She has already received the reply from former President Zapatero, who claims that Spain’s position on the Sahara has not changed, that his government backed this plan in 2008 and urged caution.
Zapatero made a statement to journalists during a visit to A Coruña City Council. The former socialist president ponders “unfair” and Aznar’s criticism of an “idea of the state” was “little responsible”.
The socialist has defended the current executive, saying that changing the Spanish government’s position on the Sahara is nothing new. He pointed directly to the example of his government, which defended this position in 2008 “without there having been one greater excitement“. In addition, Zapatero has stated that it is a position “totally” in agreement with the United Nations.
“The United Nations Security Council has existed since 2007 take up the Moroccan proposal April 2007 and gave a positive assessment of the efforts needed to move forward in resolving the conflict,” he stressed. “Now it has been formally confirmed, following the example of countries like Germany, France or the United States, and it will assuming one more element so that this historically tough Sahara conflict now gets a new chance,” he continued in this context. A position held by the Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albareshas repeated on several occasions during his appearances in Congress.
He also reminded Aznar of his Iraq management or the parsley crisis: “But man, please. Perejil, Iraq is part of your job and your management… It would be nice if you were a little more levelheaded!”
Aznar’s position
The former People’s President assured that the change of position of the government of Pedro Sánchez was a “very serious recklessness and a regrettable mistake” and also described it as a “historical error”.
In this way, there is a crossover of statements between two former district presidents in which cobbler says of his predecessor, “that’s where it shows if you really think about the state and Spain, or if you just think about how little space there is to resist” and notes that he supported him as the people ruled as head of the opposition.