Since January, the Moroccan Embassy in Brussels has received around 250 Belgian-Moroccans seeking information about moving to, investing in or setting up a project in the Kingdom. Still a modest but revealing sign of a generational change.
Morocco has just handed over a convicted and wanted trafficker to Belgium, while two figures from Antwerp’s drug underworld arrested in Dubai could wait several months before a possible extradition.
Moroccan companies could remain officially eligible for projects funded by the European Union after 2028 , while being relegated to secondary tasks. The main contracts, technologies and most of the value could go to groups established in Europe.
A divorce pronounced in Morocco can end the marriage , but Belgian administration must still recognize it and update the civil status. Without this procedure, the person may still appear as married in Belgian registers.
Driss Atounane, a 54-year-old Brussels merchant, died after trying to defend a passenger who was being attacked on a tram in Evere. Struck violently on the head, this father of a family fell into a coma. His alleged attacker was incarcerated.
Projects financed by the European Union in Morocco could be reserved, in part or in full, for suppliers established in Europe . Moroccan companies would officially remain eligible, but Brussels would have several mechanisms to favor its own operators.
Moroccan companies could continue to respond to calls for tender and benefit from European Union funding after 2028. But Brussels would retain the power to reserve certain contracts for European suppliers when it considers its strategic interests to be under threat.
Designed to accelerate Morocco’s industrialization, Tanger Med has largely succeeded in its mission. But the massive arrival of Chinese investors around the port and in the automotive sector is now worrying the European Union, which fears a new gateway to its market.
Morocco is leveraging its cost advantage to capture a growing share of new automotive production capacity, while Galicia faces successive restructurings and job cuts. Brussels highlights a spectacular gap between the two countries .
Brussels Airport welcomed 11.68 million passengers in the first half of 2026. Despite strikes and air disruptions, Morocco remains among the most popular destinations departing from Brussels.
People of Moroccan origin remain the first foreign origin group in Belgium . According to the latest data compiled by Myria, 359,491 residents had Morocco as their first registered nationality as of January 1, 2025, ahead of Italians, French, Dutch, and Turks.
A Moroccan supporter from Brussels accuses a bar near the Stock Exchange of making entry paid only for Morocco-Canada . Yassine claims he refused to pay 10 euros, before noticing that France-Paraguay was then broadcast for free.