Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, Pierre Moscovici

Morocco to back UN Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on death penalty

Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi said the Kingdom will vote in favor of the tenth United Nations resolution on a moratorium on the application of the death penalty. The resolution will be voted in the coming days during the next United Nations General Assembly, the minister told members of parliament. The decision marks a major shift […]

Morocco condemns repeated Israeli provocative actions in Jerusalem

Morocco condemned in the strongest terms the recent provocative acts in Jerusalem triggered by the incursion of an Israeli minister who entered once again the Al Aqsa mosque compound. “Such acts have become repeated and provocative,” said Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita at a press conference in Rabat. Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir […]

Morocco to Build 2nd Desalination Plant in Laayoune

Morocco will build a second desalination plant in its Saharan city of Laayoune to meet the water needs of the local inhabitants over the ten coming years. The 600 L/s plant will be operation before end of 2021, announced lately Abderrahim Hafidi, Head of Morocco’s state-owned electricity & water facility (ONEEP) during the meeting of […]