{"id":66531,"date":"2026-08-04T06:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=66531"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:38:07","slug":"france-a-strange-void-in-the-varied-and-crazy-conspiracy-theories-about-ceuta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/08\/04\/france-a-strange-void-in-the-varied-and-crazy-conspiracy-theories-about-ceuta\/","title":{"rendered":"France, a strange void in the varied and crazy conspiracy theories about Ceuta"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent days, the migratory invasion launched by Morocco against Ceuta<\/a> has given rise to all kinds of conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n

What if we extrapolate to others the idea that there shouldn't be Spanish cities in Africa?<\/a><\/rel>
\nFive AIs expose a major inconsistency of Pedro S\u00e1nchez regarding the attack on Ceuta<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

As usual (anti-Semitism is a very common sentiment among those who like to believe in and invent all kinds of conspiracies), Israel and the Jews have been the favorite target of these theories<\/strong>, which, as usual, overlook notable facts, such as that Israel doesn't even have embassies or consulates in Morocco<\/strong> (there is only a liaison office<\/a>, which is a minimal diplomatic representation), as well as the fact of the persecution suffered by many Jews in Morocco<\/a>, which led, as happened in all Muslim countries, to a great exodus of Moroccan Jews to Israel.<\/p>\n

These theories have also pointed to the United States and \"Anglo-Zionism\" in general<\/strong>, a term coined by pro-Russian propaganda networks to unify hatred of Jews and Anglo-Saxon countries. The government of Pedro S\u00e1nchez has also fueled these conspiracy theories, attributing what happened in Ceuta to a \"reactionary international,\" a hoax that has spread simultaneously with the shameful praise of the Spanish leftist government towards Morocco<\/a>, the country from which that migratory invasion originated, a an act of hybrid warfare that would never have been carried out without the consent of the Moroccan state.<\/p>\n

As a general rule, conspiracy theories tend to reveal more by what they omit than by what they say<\/strong>. I already pointed this out here four years ago regarding the Kremlin's use of conspiracy theories to cover up its preparations to invade Ukraine<\/a>, a very real conspiracy that curiously went unnoticed by those who like to see Jews, Americans, and \"Anglo-Zionists\" behind all the world's evils.<\/p>\n

In the case at hand, there is a curious void in these theories about Ceuta, one that includes the largest country in the European Union: France<\/strong>. These past few days I've seen all sorts of wild and varied theories about the migrant invasion of Ceuta, but not a single one of them mentioned the French government. It so happens that for many years France has been Morocco's main European ally<\/strong>. Just as Pedro S\u00e1nchez did in 2022, in 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron supported Morocco's claim to Western Sahara<\/a>, bypassing the UN, an organization in which France holds a permanent seat and veto power on the Security Council.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, French Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu described his country's relations with Morocco as \"exceptionally positive,\"<\/a> despite the controversy surrounding Moroccan spying on French officials in 2021 using the Pegasus system, when relations between the two countries were at a low point. In mid-July, France and Morocco signed cooperation agreements on energy, transportation, water, migration, security, and defense<\/a>. France is currently seeking to strengthen its relationship with Morocco as compensation for Paris's declining influence in other African countries, in the face of growing Chinese and Russian influence.<\/p>\n

Two days before the signing of those agreements, King Mohammed VI wrote a letter to Macron stating<\/a>: \"Under our joint leadership, Morocco and France have inaugurated a historic stage in the consolidation of their privileged relations.<\/strong> Their ambition is to establish the Enhanced Exceptional Partnership as a benchmark, a vector of prosperity, and a lever for the future.\"<\/em><\/p>\n

In defense matters, in recent years France has been the second largest exporter of military equipment to Morocco<\/a>, second only to the United States. In economic matters, France is the second largest exporter to Morocco<\/a> (the first being Spain) and the fourth largest importer<\/a> (the first being Spain, Communist China, and the United States). In the EU, only one country has a positive trade balance with Morocco<\/strong> (that is, it exports more to that country than it imports from it): France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Significantly, on Friday, July 31, 24 hours after the start of the migrant invasion of Ceuta, Macron applauded the cooperation of S\u00e1nchez's government with Morocco<\/a>, aligning himself with the Spanish executive's line of showing complacency towards Rabat<\/strong>. A few hours later, and very significantly, France was notably absent from the letter signed by 22 European Union countries against S\u00e1nchez's migration policy<\/a>, a letter signed, among others, by Germany, Denmark (with a Social Democratic Party government), Italy, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.<\/p>\n

Of course, none of this means that France had any involvement in the migrant invasion of Ceuta.<\/strong> Nor do I believe that this act of hybrid warfare was instigated by the United States, Israel, or Russia, a country that also has considerable trade relations with Morocco (it helps them launder their oil<\/a>). What is significant is that conspiracy theorists had as many reasons to link France to what happened as they did to the others they pointed to<\/strong>, but I prefer to focus on their favorite obsessions, starting with the Jews. It's truly curious.<\/p>\n

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Photo: AFP. French President Emmanuel Macron and King Mohammed VI of Morocco shaking hands during the French president's state visit to Morocco in October 2024.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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