Overview
- Spain and Morocco’s high-level meeting reaffirmed Madrid’s 2022 backing of negotiations based on Rabat’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara and welcomed the recent UN Security Council resolution favoring that approach.
- There were no announced advances on Ceuta and Melilla customs, maritime delimitation near the Canary Islands, or management of Western Sahara’s airspace; 14 technical cooperation accords were signed, no press questions were allowed, journalist associations decried the opacity, and the Canary Islands’ president demanded explanations.
- Government strains resurfaced as Vice President Yolanda Díaz declared that not a centimeter of Sahrawi land will be ceded and no Sumar ministers attended the summit.
- A spate of politically charged acts in the Basque Country—including a paint attack on the PP office in Bilbao claimed by Ernai, vandalism of memorial plaques in Durango, and a target-style banner in Vitoria—prompted cross-party and institutional condemnation and renewed pressure on EH Bildu.
- In domestic developments, the DANA flood probe ordered potential WhatsApp evidence and phone records, a Basque-led consortium secured exclusivity to buy Ayesa IT with signing expected in December, and Pedro Sánchez launched the Extremadura campaign backing a PSOE candidate facing charges as polls point to a PP lead.