Appointed in October 2021 by King Mohammed VI to the post of ambassador of Morocco to the European Union , Youssef Amrani is said to have received the approval of the European authorities to start his mission at the end of this year.
The Belgian police have arrested Pier Antonio Panzeri, a former trade union leader and former left-wing MEP, suspected of having "politically intervened with European MPs in favor of Qatar and Morocco, in exchange for payment." This arrest took place as part of the corruption investigation shaking the European Parliament.
The European Union (EU) has just allocated 115 million euros to Morocco to support the kingdom in the planting of trees, including 600,000 new olive trees. Bad news for Spanish olive growers who fear fierce competition.
The European Union says it is aware of Morocco’s ban on the traffic of goods from Melilla, but stresses that "customs management is the responsibility of national authorities".
The Spanish government will be working in two weeks before the European Parliament’s inquiry commission that is trying to uncover the perpetrator of the hacking of President Pedro Sanchez’s mobile phone using Pegasus. Morocco was accused of being behind this attack.
The fourth Joint Committee of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Morocco met on November 9 and 10 in Rabat.
Ciudadanos MEP Jordi Cañas has again filed a complaint with the European Commission against Morocco, which continues, he says, to suffocate Ceuta and Melilla by prohibiting the entry of goods from the two cities into its territory.
The closure of the borders of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco due to the health crisis has reignited the debate on the opportunity to integrate the two cities into the EU customs union.
Spanish poultry farmers continue to denounce the import of Moroccan poultry meat into the European Union market.
Moroccan watermelons are sold five times more expensive than Spanish ones on the European Union markets during the 2021/2022 campaign. A difference that shocks some producers.
Morocco and the European Union are about to sign a green alliance, which will strengthen the kingdom’s efforts in the fight against climate change .
Morocco aims to achieve energy self-sufficiency through the production of renewable energies by 2030 and to sell the surplus energy to Europe, which is looking for new partners.