France does damage control in Rabat as it tilts closer to authoritarian Algeria

Few days after the adoption of a French-instigated European Parliament resolution hostile to Morocco, French Ambassador to Rabat tried to distance his country from the move that has angered Moroccan authorities and triggered a commensurate response from the European Parliament. In an interview with French-speaking magazine Telquel, French Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier said that the resolution […]

Germany Urges Tunisia to Repatriate Failed Asylum Seekers

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged visiting Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to speed up the process of repatriating the Tunisians who failed to obtain the status of refugee in Germany after a rejected Tunisian awaiting deportation killed 12 people at a Berlin market in December. Weakened by her open-door migrant policy, Merkel met Chahed in […]

Algeria’s last-minute maneuvers expose diplomatic isolation

Algeria’s frantic diplomatic activity ahead of the UN Security Council vote on the Sahara issue underscores a growing sense of vulnerability as international consensus builds up around Morocco’s autonomy plan. Belgium and Poland have become the latest EU nations to back Morocco’s autonomy plan ahead of the UN vote, amid signals from Washington of an […]