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EU post-covid-19 reconstruction hinges on pertinent policy reforms towards MENA – Centre for European Reform

On May 27, 2020, the EU Commission presented its proposal for a post-pandemic recovery plan to help the bloc overcome the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The plan has however failed to include the grouping’s need to policy reforms towards its southern neighbors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), whose economic and political […]

EBRD & Climate Technology Fund support repowering wind farm in Morocco

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) co-finances the repowering of the Koudia Al Baida wind farm in the north of Morocco. The EBRD is providing a senior loan of up to €44 million to the Koudia Al Baida Energy Company S.A., owned by the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) and EDF Renewables. […]

New development model should end oligopoly and foster fair competition – regulator says

The competition council called for putting an end to monopolies that created an oligopolistic situation in Morocco, citing the sectors of fuel distribution, banks, insurance companies and cement producers. In its annual report for 2019, the first since the council’s reactivation the same year, the council recommended for the new development model to break up […]