ECJ delivers a politically motivated verdict prejudicial to EU-Moroccan partnership

A new ruling by the European Court of Justice annulled the agricultural and fisheries deals that covered all Morocco’s territories and waters in a verdict that sidelined with the Polisario separatist claims putting Moroccan-EU cooperation to another test. Both Morocco and the European council and the EU commission are attached to the agriculture and fisheries […]

Morocco’s ONCF to buy 168 trains from France’s Alstom, Spain’s CAF and South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem

Morocco’s ONCF has chosen France’s Alstom, Spain’s CAF, and South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem as manufacturers of its tender to buy 168 trains, including high-speed, intercity and urban trains. The new trains will help ONCF renew its existing fleet and accommodate for traffic growth, the rail operator said in a statement. It also added that the […]

Sahara: UN Representative Miguel Ángel Moratinos lauds Spanish Government’s support to Morocco’s Autonomy Plan

The High Representative of the UN for the Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, commended at a recent gathering in Madrid, the Spanish government’s endorsement of the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara aimed at resolving the longstanding regional dispute. Moratinos praised Spain’s stance as an “important political and strategic commitment,” during a meeting organized […]