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The European Union has taken a clearer and more assertive stance on the Sahara issue, endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan as a credible basis for resolving the long-standing dispute. The shift was formalized at the fifteenth EU–Morocco Association Council held in Brussels, where the 27 EU member states endorsed a joint communiqué with Rabat. According to […]
Morocco and the European Union have reiterated strong commitment to enhance further their long-standing, rich, multidimensional and strategic partnership, building on achievements of the Advanced Status and the Euro-Moroccan Partnership. The shared resolve to deepen the partnership of equals comes in a joint statement issued Thursday in Brussels following the 15th meeting of Morocco-EU Association […]
The 15th meeting of Morocco-EU Association Council, held Thursday in Brussels, was crowned with the adoption of a new European position on the Moroccan Sahara, recognizing that “genuine autonomy could represent the most feasible solution” to the decades-long regional conflict. In a joint statement, the European bloc aligned its position to that of the UN […]
Morocco is a partner country, a neighbor and a friend of Spain and the European Union, but above all an “indispensable ally” in addressing shared challenges, Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, said on Thursday in Brussels. In a press statement following the 15th session of the EU-Morocco Association Council, the Spanish FM […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, expressed, on Thursday in Brussels, confidence in the positive and promising prospects of the partnership between Morocco and the European Union. “I am convinced that this meeting will be fruitful and will open up positive prospects for both parties,” Bourita told the press shortly before the start of […]
Egypt has received €1 billion in concessional development financing from the European Union, marking the first tranche of the second phase of the EU’s macro-financial assistance (MFA), announced on Thursday by Minister of International Cooperation, Rania Al-Mashat. The disbursement follows the implementation of 16 economic and structural reforms aimed at strengthening macroeconomic stability, improving public […]
The Sahel region under the Alliance of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger) is undergoing a profound shift toward multi-alignment, challenging traditional European influence, the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) said, recommending Europeans to adapt to this new reality or risk losing influence. The Sahel now averages around 10,500 terrorist-related deaths per year, […]
The European Union (EU) reaffirmed on Friday that it does not recognize the so-called “sadr”, stressing that the presence of this entity at EU-African Union meetings does not affect its stance in any way. The statement was made by the EU spokesperson for Foreign Affairs during the European Commission’s daily press briefing, at a time […]
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has unveiled the Libya–EU Water Resources Management Facility, a joint initiative funded by the European Union and Germany to promote sustainable water management in the North African country. The project, developed in partnership with Libya’s Ministry of Water Resources, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), and supported […]
In the quiet tug-of-war between European institutions, the European Commission has made a decisive move: it chose diplomacy over legal bias. By signing an amendment to the agricultural agreement with Morocco on October 3-explicitly including products from the Sahara- the EU sent a clear message: the strategic partnership with Rabat is not up for negotiation. […]