The President of the Popular Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, met with the Moroccan Prime Minister, Aziz Akhannouch, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on the sidelines of the Congress of the European People’s Party. The Spanish leader assured the Moroccan official that he will reverse Pedro Sanchez’s decision on the Sahara if he succeeds him.
The Akhannouch government is considering raising the retirement age and increasing the contribution rate. A reform is being studied in this direction and the results will be presented to all the parties concerned for examination and adoption.
The company Oracle, specialized in computer database management systems, will set up a research and development center in Morocco, its first in Africa.
The unemployment rate in Morocco has slightly decreased by 68,000 between the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.
On the eve of International Workers’ Day, the government and unions seem to be reaching concrete proposals, after several rounds of dialogue. An agreement could soon be signed by the two parties, in order to ease social and economic tensions.
Faced with the surge in fuel prices, the parliamentary group of the Party for Progress and Socialism (PPS) has made "concrete proposals" to the head of government, Aziz Akhannouch through a written question addressed to him.
In a live broadcast on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Abdelilah Benkirane, the Secretary General of the PJD, commented on the clashes in parliament between Aziz Akhannouch and the PJD deputy Abdellah Bouanou.
Aziz Akhannouch , the head of government, responded to the criticism of the opposition, one of whose members "accused" his team of "lacking transparency in the application of fuel prices on the domestic market," by delivering a scathing indictment against the management of the two successive governments led by the Party of Justice and Development (PJD).
Due to the rise in prices linked to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the drought that has been raging in the kingdom since the beginning of the year, the budget of the compensation fund should increase by more than 15 billion dirhams. The Akhannouch government hopes to maintain the purchasing power of Moroccans.
Morocco has invested 105 billion dirhams in the oasis and argan areas, exceeding the amount planned in the development strategy (2012-2020), which is 92 billion dirhams.
The war in Ukraine has made its way into the opening of the parliamentary session, particularly due to the surge in prices of several basic products. The RNI, the PAM and the Istiqlal have sought to reassure Moroccans about the steps taken by the government to mitigate the shock caused by the rise in prices on the market.
Minister Mustapha Baitas, government spokesman, reacted, during the press briefing on Thursday, April 7, 2022, to rumors of an imminent cabinet reshuffle.