Pedro Sánchez’s lightning visit to Algiers was enough to lay bare the Algerian regime’s profound change in tone. After four years of attacks triggered by Spain’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara, Abdelmadjid Tebboune received the Spanish prime minister with full honors, promised increased gas deliveries, and even presented him with an unusual cake to celebrate Spain’s World Cup triumph. Above all, the normalization marks a diplomatic victory for Madrid. And for Morocco.
