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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 […]
EU Commissioner for Enlargement & European Neighborhood Policy, Oliver Varhelyi, has reaffirmed the Union’s determination and commitment to strengthen further partnership with Morocco. During talks he held on Thursday remotely with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, the Commissioner said: “We will use all means to advance our partnership”, and that “the EU will continue to support […]
The European Commission and the High Representative on Tuesday adopted a joint communication proposing an ambitious and innovative new Agenda for the Mediterranean, meant to relaunch and strengthen the strategic partnership between the European Union and its Southern Neighborhood partners. The new Agenda is based on the conviction that by working together and in a […]
The European Union has, in a confidential note, put the finger on the main problems of Algeria in particular the absence of economic strategy. EU economists refer to Algeria as “a ticking time bomb” when talking about the “most unstable country in North Africa after Libya,” says a French expert in an analysis he […]