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EU member states at odds with ECJ over anti-Morocco ruling

A growing group of influential EU member states expressed their tacit disapproval with an ECJ ruling that invalidated trade deals with Morocco. The ruling, described as a “blatant political bias” by Moroccan foreign ministry, annulled the fisheries and agricultural deals between the EU and Morocco because they covered goods from the Kingdom’s southern provinces, the […]

Algeria: Interim President sets presidential election on December 12

Algeria’s Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah has announced December 12 as the date of presidential elections after army and protests forced former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down early April. Bensalah announced the date in a speech on Sunday as he also dismissed the Secretary General of the High Independent Authority for Election as part of […]

Moroccan, French National Police chiefs discuss security cooperation, security measures during Paris Olympic games

Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and Director General of the French National Police, Frédéric Veaux, who is currently on a working visit to Morocco, held talks Tuesday in Rabat on various security matters of shared interest. The two parties explored avenues to bolster security cooperation mechanisms, and discussed strategies for […]