Tuesday, August 17, Deputy Secretary to the statement of the PP, Esteban Gonzalez Pons, visited Melilla to request a firmer stance of the Zapatero government..

One day later, his colleague PP, Jose Maria Aznar, former Spanish Prime Minister (Zapatero’s predecessor) also went to Melilla – a city he had not visited during his eight year tenure as head of the Spanish government. A corrupt populist ill-concealed the man who had ordered in 2002 the Spanish army to reoccupy the island or Perejil Laila.

That remains in the same populist logic, and was strongly criticized by the government since the early attempts to reduce tension and maintain a constructive dialogue with the Moroccan authorities.

But they still seem to prevail. the two countries. The aim was also to prepare the visit of the Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, who will meet Monday, August 23 his Moroccan counterpart in Rabat, where they will give a conference Joint press conference.

And contrary to statements last week, which had little effect on the field this week, protesters on the outskirts of Melilla Moroccan followed the trend. The blockade was lifted, and it was agreed that there would be no more before the end of Ramadan.

A transfer somewhat unexpected, given the limited effect that the statements were even royal field last week. It is difficult to know what role the respective governments in what may have influenced this shift from the demonstrators.

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