First Independent Mena Newspaper
Sahrawi activists exposed, on Monday in the European Parliament in Brussels, the false propaganda trumpeted by the Algeria-backed polisario separatists on Morocco’s southern provinces, highlighting the economic, social, cultural and human rights achievements accomplished in Moroccan Sahara. Invited by MEPs, Moroccan civil society activists informed the European Parliament on the real situation of human rights […]
Morocco stands out as a model of democracy in Africa and a key partner of the European Union in the fight against illegal migration, terrorism and extremism, said Member of the European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev. Commenting lately the European People’s Party (EPP) program “Let’s focus on the MENA Region”, Mr. Kovatchev said he visited the […]
Algeria’s aggressive tendencies in the Maghreb and throughout the region were once again denounced by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament. The Vice President of the ALDE Party, Bulgarian MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk called on the Vice President of the European Commission, High Representative of the EU for Foreign […]
The European People’s Party (EPP), one of the largest political groups in the European Parliament, has expressed deep concern over Algeria’s unilateral decision of stopping to supply Europe with gas through the Maghreb Europe gas pipeline (GME) that crosses Morocco. Algiers, which has cut off diplomatic ties with Rabat, stopped on Nov.1st supplying Spain and […]
Following reactions of several Members of the European Parliament regarding Algeria’s unilateral decision not to renew the agreement to supply Europe with gas via the Maghreb-Europe Gas pipeline, the European Parliament has officially referred the issue to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. MEP and former President of the […]
The resolution adopted, Thursday, by the European Parliament does not change the political nature of the bilateral crisis between Morocco and Spain, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said, underlining that Madrid attempts to “Europeanize” the crisis are “futile”. Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the EU’s resolution stating that the attempts to between Spain and […]
The pan-African and Arab Parliaments have expressed backing to Morocco in its bilateral standoff with Spain while lauding Rabat’s efforts to counter illegal migration and facilitate the return of its unaccompanied minors. The two parliaments echoed Morocco’s arguments that the crisis is a bilateral political crisis that Spain seeks to Europeanize. The African Parliament made […]
MEPs from different political groups on Thursday stood up in Strasbourg against the initiative of some of their colleagues to pass a resolution hostile to Morocco. This controversial resolution, which has divided the European Parliament since it did not gain the expected support, was boycotted by more than half of the members of the Parliament […]
Those who expected this Thursday in Brussels a condemnation by the European Parliament of Morocco after a record number of migrants entered the occupied enclave of Ceuta last May were greatly disappointed. Such a bitter disappointment comes after the resolution tabled by Spanish MEPs was not approved with the majority sought and did not gain […]
Morocco rejects in the strongest terms attempts within the European parliament to Europeanize Morocco’s political crisis with Spain by using migration as a pretext, Lower House Speaker Habib Malki said. His reaction came as the European parliament plans to discuss a resolution blaming Morocco for using minors in its political spat with Spain. After expressing […]