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The European Union Thursday said it was keen to offer credits to Tunisia with zero interest in a bid to help the economically struggling country to raise investments to meet its needs. The EU envoy Marcus Cornaro made the pledge as he met with Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi. Cornaro indicated that the union is also […]
The European Union’s support for structural reforms, carried out under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, was at the heart of talks held Thursday through videoconference between minister of Affairs foreigners, Nasser Bourita, and the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi. The scope of the structuring reform projects in Morocco requires a […]
Morocco has officially become an “associated country” of the European Union’s “Horizon Europe,” a key funding program for research and innovation within the framework of sustainable development. “Horizon Europe” is part of the 2021-2027 EU’s program, and will have a total global budget of €95.5 billion (MAD 1 trillion). According to the European Commission, […]
The European Union is called upon to play a “leading role” in reviving talks between the parties for the final settlement of the conflict over the Sahara, underlined former Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio. The status quo in the Sahara – and in the Maghreb more broadly – cannot last, noted the former Spanish […]
Prominent Portuguese figures have called on their government and the European Union to support Morocco in the Sahara issue and to back the kingdom’s territorial integrity. In a letter addressed to Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, in his capacity as President of the Council of the EU, a group of former and current Portuguese officials […]
The age of patronizing is bygone and Morocco has taken matters into its own hands by cutting all contacts with the German embassy in a hard worded message to some European parties that they cannot do business as usual while seeking to undermine Morocco’s territorial integrity. A leaked foreign ministry document, confirmed to the […]
The European Commission has welcomed Morocco’s commitment to the new agenda for the Mediterranean, meant to relaunch and strengthen the strategic partnership between the European Union and its Southern Neighborhood partners. The European position was expressed by EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Oliver Varhelyi, who reacted in a tweet to the remarks made by Foreign Affairs […]
European Union ambassador to Rabat Mrs. Claudia Vidaye has commended Morocco’s immunization campaign against covid-19, which has been launched on Jan.28 and which is doing better than some European countries. At a press conference held on Wednesday in Rabat on achievements by EU-Morocco partnership last year and cooperation prospects for 2021, the diplomat voiced […]
Morocco has called on the European Union to leave its comfort zone and support the positive dynamics underway in the Moroccan Sahara. The call was launched by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita in an interview with Europe Agency. Answering a question on the US decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, the minister […]
Morocco has been removed from the EU’s tax haven grey list after it took a series of measures and enacted new laws aiming to ensure greater transparency. The most recent reforms undertaken by Morocco to comply to EU fiscal standards was that of the tax system pertaining to financial hub, Casablanca Finance City. Morocco has […]