Foreign interference in the 23-J elections?

So far it has not been possible to verify that there has been any interference by foreign countries in the 23-J general elections.  However, many countries had an interest in the continuation of the coalition government led by the PSOE, or in a change of course.  

Important international leaders gave their support to Pedro Sánchez, such as Lula da Silva and Alberto Fernández, but not as presidents of Brazil and Argentina respectively, but as individuals; also Olaf Scholz, Mette Frederiksen, Robert Abela, but not as leaders of Germany, Denmark or Malta, but as members of the international social democracy to which Pedro Sánchez belongs. The outgoing Spanish president has had important individual, but not institutional, support.  

Nor has the opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo received official support from governments and institutions, but as individuals, such as Ulf Kristerssong, Von der Leyen, Roberta Metsola, Margarita Schinas, Charles Michel, but not as prime ministers of Sweden, or high-ranking officials of the European Union. The case of Manfred Weber, who as president of the European People's Party has supported Núñez Feijóo, is different. In both cases, then, it is not a question of institutional interference, but of political support based on ideological affinity.  

Neither the US Department of State, nor the French government in favour of President Enmanuel Macron, nor the Kremlin government, nor the executives of Algiers and Rabat have publicly declared themselves in favour of one or the other candidate for La Moncloa, although their preferences seem clear. Washington has not wanted to interfere, because despite the fact that the Spanish right is a firm and traditional ally of the United States and NATO, it has been under the mandate of Pedro Sánchez that the extension of the bilateral Spanish-US strategic agreement has been signed and that Spain has committed itself to supporting NATO in its war in Ukraine and in the encirclement of Russia. The White House's caution is explained by the internal contradictions within the coalition government, which may force the PSOE to change its position. 

Algeria and Morocco have not intervened in the elections either, despite what is said. Algiers shows a clear preference for the return of the right to power, thinking, perhaps wrongly, that Feijóo will change the Spanish position on Western Sahara adopted by the Sánchez government of supporting Moroccan regionalisation as 'the most realistic solution' to the Sahara conflict. But Algiers has been careful not to make any public gesture of rejection or support for either candidate, although its foreign services and economic-energy lobbies have been very active in advising the Algerian state.  

Nor has Rabat intervened in the electoral campaign. Neither the Royal Palace nor the government headed by Akhannouch have made any public pronouncements. The calls by the Moroccan Socialist Party (USFP), from Morocco and from Spain, to the Moroccan community in Spain with the right to vote to support Pedro Sánchez, in addition to being a political blunder, only commit the parties and not the government or the Moroccan state. Moreover, it is not said that the Royal Palace does not envisage future negotiations and agreements with the Popular Party to further enhance strategic bilateral relations. The meetings between the head of government, Akhannouch, and the all-powerful minister, Nizar Baraka, with the leader of the Popular Party, Núñez Feijóo, show this. Mohamed VI has stayed out of the fray, out of institutional respect and as a consequence of his new concept of active and independent diplomacy. Although there is a certain ambiguity in the political and diplomatic future that the Popular Party promises in relation to the Maghreb, it is also true that Mohamed VI has not yet given the go-ahead for the announced visit with a tête-à-tête interview between Pedro Sánchez and the King of Morocco.  

The hullabaloo over alleged Moroccan interference in the elections is due to media interests and the political-financial obedience of their patrons. In the newsrooms and news councils of the major media, it is thought that everything is valid in order to sell the product and maintain the clientele.