Faced with the multiple debts of Royal Air Maroc (RAM), severely affected by the covid-19 crisis, the Moroccan state is called upon to react quickly to avoid disaster.
The confinement period will not be extended in Morocco beyond May 20. After two months of shutdown, it is necessary to think about restarting the economic machine.
In the hope of finding the atmosphere of Ramadan with their families in Morocco, a group of young people, stranded in Ceuta since the borders were closed, tried to brave the state of emergency by swimming to the city of Fnideq.
Mired in an unprecedented financial crisis, accelerated by the covid-19 pandemic, Royal Air Maroc needs financial assistance to recover. And this will come from the state.
The situation is likely to worsen in the Spanish enclaves. The Moroccan government has decided to keep the border crossings of Sebta and Melilla closed until next September.
Weighed down by the debt it incurred long before the appearance of covid-19, Royal Air Maroc is multiplying negotiations with the government to obtain significant financial support that should allow it to regain its 2019 activity level within 24 or 36 months at the most.
After the first stage of the state of emergency, the government announced the extension of this exceptional provision decreed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, and whose user manual does not change.
The Government Council chaired by Saad Eddine El Othmani adopted, this Saturday, draft decree 2.20.300 extending the state of health emergency in Morocco until May 20.
The Moroccan government is preparing to extend the state of emergency for four weeks, according to a source close to the Executive.
Israeli and Emirati nationals, stranded in Morocco due to border closures, will not be able to return to their country on the plane chartered by the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
The emergency meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Islamic Affairs and Moroccans Residing Abroad at the House of Representatives to decide on the repatriation of Moroccans stranded abroad was unsuccessful.
In the absence of stable epidemiological data, any debate on a possible deconfinement of the population next Monday would be premature and could have dramatic consequences, according to statements from the Ministry of Health .