00:00Why Spain has such a territory in Africa, like here, or even here?
00:04Here is this Taemelila. These two cities are located on the north coast of the Maroc,
00:08but they belong to Spain for centuries.
00:10A true European enclave in Africa, they are separated from the European continent
00:13by only 14 km, at the edge of Gibraltar. Their importance is above all geographical.
00:20Controlling this Taemelila, it is controlling one of the ports of entry of the Méditerranée.
00:24But it is also historical.
00:25During the 15th century, Spain and Portugal set up in the region to fight against the piracy
00:30and extend their influence.
00:32Méditerranée falls in 1497.
00:34The Taemelila falls under Spanish control in 1580, and since, Madrid has never left it.
00:39Today, these territories are at the heart of the tensions.
00:42The Maroc has been born regularly, but Spain defend them as an integral part of their national territory.
00:48Stratégically militarily and politically, the Taemelila are much more than two Spanish cities.
00:53These are the last colonial fragments of Europe in Africa,
00:56other than, two pieces of history that continue to feed the geopolitics of Europe.
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