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The energy partnership announced by OCP and Engie is ultimately not expected to reach the scale originally envisioned. The program, initially valued at between €15 billion and €18 billion, has been substantially reduced. The two groups are nevertheless continuing to prepare their joint venture.
Seven winegrowers from Anjou have been ordered to pay the tax debts left by a company they had entrusted with work in their vineyards. The service provider has reportedly since left France for Morocco. Total amount claimed: 212,000 euros.
Prosecuted for taking part in a major cannabis trafficking operation between Morocco and the Paris region, Ahmed A. had been sentenced to six years in prison. The Versailles Court of Appeal ultimately acquitted him after an essential part of the proceedings was destroyed.
Checks carried out in Flanders among social housing tenants suspected of owning property abroad have yielded results in more than half of the cases. Morocco is by far the country subjected to the highest number of investigations.
A retiree born in Morocco must continue repaying more than €10,600 to CAF after several extended stays outside France were discovered. Her Moroccan passport, which she had initially claimed not to possess, played a decisive role during the investigation.
Declassified Spanish reports establish a possible link between Pedro Sánchez’s trip to Algeria and the loosening of Moroccan controls during the migration crisis in Ceuta.
The prefecture wanted to transfer a Moroccan man to the Netherlands and had placed him under house arrest for 45 days. The courts have annulled both decisions: having previously granted him a residence permit for health reasons, France had become responsible for his case.
Barely having appeared in Ligue 1 against PSG, Safouane Benzahra is already attracting attention from the Netherlands. The KNVB is trying to convince the young AS Monaco player, currently a Moroccan youth international, to join the Oranje.
The American giant RTX will take part in the Marrakech Airshow 2026. The group, which brings together Raytheon, Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace, joins the world’s major defense companies expected in October at the Royal Air Force base.
Chinese company Anwen Technology is preparing a major expansion of its industrial presence in Tangier. Already established on a 4,200 m² site, the automotive supplier has acquired nearly 20,000 m² at Tanger Tech to build a new production base.
Morocco no longer approaches its relations with Spain from the same position it held twenty years ago. Its diplomatic successes over Western Sahara, American support and closer military ties with Israel have considerably strengthened its regional position.
Already tasked with modernizing the Royal Air Force’s C-130s, American company L3Harris is preparing to arrive in Marrakech with another military aircraft: the SKY RAIDER II INTERNATIONAL, designed for armed surveillance, precision strikes and counter-drone operations.