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In a sharp departure from the general migration policy across the European Union, Spain has announced its plan to legalize about 300,000 undocumented migrants per year, starting next May and through 2027, the country’s migration minister said Wednesday (20 November). With about 600,000 undocumented migrants, one of the highest rates in the bloc, Spain aims […]
The Congress of the Socialist International (SI) held last week in Madrid has ignored the Polisario and invited the Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP), which backs Moroccan Autonomy Plan, dealing a hard blow to the Algeria-backed separatist group. The MSP is known for its pragmatic approach for the settlement of the Sahara regional conflict to […]
King Mohammed VI received, this Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, the President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sánchez, who reitereated, during the audience, Spain’s support to Moroccan autonomy initiative as the most serious, realistic and credible basis to settle the Sahara dispute. Pedro Sanchez is currently on a working visit to Morocco at […]
As was expected, Pedro Sanchez and his PSOE-led coalition are back to the helm of power in Spain for a second term, much to the disappointment of Algeria that bet on the Spanish left. The same far-left Sumar coalition has turned its back to Algiers following a deal to form a coalition with Sanchez that […]
The Moroco-Spain Economic Forum, chaired on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 in Rabat by the heads of government of the two countries, Aziz Akhannouch and Pedro Sanchez, has drawn up a roadmap meant to boost commercial and industrial sectors primarily through the creation of new joint ventures. This new dynamic was outlined during the economic forum […]
President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, arrived Wednesday in Rabat to co-chair the 12th session of the Morocco-Spain high-level meeting. Pedro Sanchez is leading a large delegation including the ministers of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior. The 12th session of the high-level meeting, which is held eight years after the last session of […]
President of the Spanish government Pedro Sanchez said, Monday in Madrid, that the new roadmap established between Spain and Morocco last April, on the occasion of his visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, places “bilateral cooperation on stronger pillars.” This new stage of relations between the two countries will also strengthen […]
Spain’s former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that he has been supporting the Autonomy Plan since its introduction by Morocco in 2007. Zapatero argued that Morocco’s “serious and credible” initiative is in line with the UN-led political process seeking to find a realistic and lasting solution to the dispute. Zapatero made his remark […]
Spain and Morocco are an “outstanding example” of how neighborhood, with its geographical and historical peculiarities, can be transformed into a strong and fruitful relationship between two friendly countries, which have succeeded in establishing mutual trust, said the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez. “Spain and Morocco are, today more than ever, two countries […]