News Stream April 28, 2020
Tag: EU
EU supports Morocco’s education sector with $150 mln
The EU will offer $150 million in support to Morocco’s education sector in its efforts to promote distance learning which has become vital amid a lockdown to counter the coronavirus outbreak. In this regards, the EU, Morocco’s finance ministry and education ministry signed a deal to help invest the money to promote Morocco’s educational offer, […]
Post Covid-19 Crisis: Rabat calls for new cooperation model with EU
Morocco and the European Union discussed on Monday new partnership opportunities in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic which has affected global trade and economy. During videoconference talks with the European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, Moroccan minister of Industry and Trade Moulay Hafid Elalamy called for “a deep review of the EU- Morocco partnership” […]
Coronavirus: Moroccan Women-Led SMEs Get EBRD-EU Support
The EBRD, together with the European Union (EU), is stepping up efforts to support small and medium-sized enterprises managed and owned by businesswomen in Morocco, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, considering that women entrepreneurs are expected to be disproportionately affected by the crisis as their firms tend to be concentrated in certain sectors. The EBRD is […]
COVID-19: African finance ministers seek IMF, World Bank and EU support on debt relief
African finance ministers have requested the support of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Union for bilateral, multilateral and commercial debt relief amid the coronavirus crisis. The request was germinated from the second virtual meeting on Tuesday, hosted by Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, and […]
Moroccans top list of recipients of EU citizenship for 7th year in a row
Moroccan nationals continue to dominate for the 7th consecutive year the list of the recipients of the European Union citizenship, according to figures on naturalization in the European Union for 2018, released on Monday by the EU statistics agency Eurostat. In 2018, some 67,200 Moroccans received the citizenship of Spain, Italy or France, representing […]
Libya: EU deplores increasing fighting amidst coronavirus pandemic
The European Union deplores that the fighting has increased in Libya despite the international calls for a humanitarian truce to help contain the Coronavirus pandemic in the country, the High Representative Joseph Borrell said. The challenging circumstances created by the Coronavirus pandemic make the need to halt the fighting in Tripoli and across the […]
EU helps Tunisia in fight against coronavirus with €250 million
The European Union (EU) said it would grant Tunisia €250 million to help it face the coronavirus pandemic and address adverse socioeconomic effects of the outbreak. The grant was announced Saturday by the bloc’s envoy to the country, Patrice Bergamini, in a Tweet. The EU official also announced that funds earmarked for the Health Sector […]
EU to redirect €450 mln to support Morocco’s response to Covid-19
The EU will redirect €450 million promised to Morocco this year to help the country better respond to the coronavirus outbreak. The amount includes €150 million that will be injected directly in the special fund created by Morocco to fund health system acquisitions and offset the social and economic repercussion of the pandemic, according […]
Brussels puts end to controversy on marketing standards for products from Saharan provinces
The European Commission on Tuesday put an end to the controversy that some Members of the European Parliament tried to fuel about compliance of the control of fruit and vegetables from the Moroccan Sahara with the EU marketing standards. In response to a question from a MEP on compliance control for products from the […]