During his intervention at the political assembly of the European People’s Party, held on November 21 and 22 in Valletta (Malta), Lahcen Haddad, representative of the Istiqlal Party, warned against the growing security threats in the Maghreb region, including the use of Iranian drones and missiles by the Polisario.
Lahcen Haddad, former Moroccan Minister of Tourism, strongly reacted to the publication of an EasyJet advertising brochure presenting a map of Morocco amputated of the Sahara . The controversial image, which is circulating on social media, has outraged many Moroccans.
The sidelining by BFMTV of its Franco-Moroccan journalist, Rachid M’Barki , whom the French channel accuses of having pronounced the expression "Moroccan Sahara" on air, has elicited a reaction from the parliamentarian and former minister Lahcen Haddad. He denounces a "visceral anti-Moroccanism."
The practices of certain banks are not to the liking of the Istiqlali deputy and former Minister of Tourism, Lahcen Haddad . During the oral question session of the first Chamber, he denounced the banks that have increased their interest rates in this period of health crisis against the deferral of loan payments that they have subscribed to their clients.
Morocco no longer sees the shadow of a tourist at this time when the coronavirus is raging. Hotels and restaurants have emptied, much to the dismay of industry professionals.
Former Tourism Minister, Lahcen Haddad proposed to transform hotels into temporary treatment centers to fight the spread of the coronavirus.