PS condemns support of autonomy plan for Western Sahara, reiterates commitment to “peoples’ right to self-determination”

Paris, 2 August 2024 (SPS) - The Socialist Party of France (PS) condemned Thursday “the abrupt diplomatic turn” of France's support to Morocco’s diplomatic autonomy plan for Western Sahara, reiterating its commitment to uphold the principle of “people's right to self-determination."

“The PS condemns the abrupt diplomatic turn executed without consultation,” said in a press release, highlighting that the party “committed to the Franco-Moroccan relations, condemns this unilateral decision, which was taken without any debate or consultation with the parliament.”

In this regard, it said, like all the French people, the PS discovered the “letter addressed to the King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his coronation, where the President of the Republic acknowledged Morocco’s plan for Western Sahara.”

Considering that “no urgency justifies such an announcement in the midsummer, at a time when the resigning government is supposed to deal with current affairs,” the Socialist Party affirmed that “the president is playing a publicity stunt without a long-term political vision.”