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• Belgian Green Party Poised for Leadership Shift: Young Moroccan-Belgian Politician Vies for Co-Presidency
  27 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  The candidates for the co-presidency of Ecolo are two figures who embody experience in the person of Jean-Marc Nollet and youth, with Rajae Maouane, two values on which the hopes of the Belgian political party are based.
  30 years old, Rajae Maouane was born to a worker father and a housewife mother, both of Moroccan origin. Presented as a woman passionate about social justice, she is also passionate about education as a vector of emancipation. It was in October 2018 that this young (…)

• Morocco Denies Plans for Compulsory Voting, Government Spokesman Says
  16 September 2019, by Ginette

  Mustapha al-Khalfi, Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament and Civil Society, Government Spokesperson, puts an end to rumors about compulsory voting that would be imposed from the next elections. According to him, the Government has never considered such a possibility.
  The information was given during the press conference that followed the work of the Council of Government. The spokesman for the Executive, on Thursday, September 12, stressed that the Head of Government (…)

• Far-Right Candidate Hosts Eric Zemmour at Perpignan Campaign Event
  21 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  The polemicist Eric Zemmour will be holding a meeting this Monday alongside Louis Aliot, the far-right candidate in the municipal elections in Perpignan, according to a statement from the elected official’s entourage.
  Initially scheduled for July, the presentation of Eric Zemmour’s book is expected on September 25. This presence of Eric Zemmour is far from an official support, a gesture of friendship, confirmed the elected official from the Pyrénées-Orientales to AFP.
  For AFP, Louis (…)

• Ahmed Laaouej Emerges as Frontrunner for Brussels Socialist Party Leadership
  23 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  The heavyweights of the Socialist Party (PS) are betting on a "consensus candidacy" for the presidency of the party. Ahmed Laaouej could be their choice. He filed his candidacy last Saturday. If he succeeds in being elected, he will form a team composed of the President (himself) and two Vice-Presidents (Isabelle Emmery and Martin Casier).
  Already, the man of Moroccan origin has many supporters. Among them are the Minister-President, Rudi Vervoort, and the Group Leader in the Brussels (…)

• Suspected Radical Islamist on Terror Watch List Runs for Local Office in France
  27 September 2019, by Ginette

  A man who has been under police surveillance for several years is running for municipal elections in Goussainville, in the Val-d’Oise. Abdelaziz Hamida is on the "S" list for radical Islamism.
  According to information from L’Express, the man was the subject of an "S" file, for radical Islamism. He would be close to the fundamentalist movement, Tabligh, specifically mentioned in the judicial file of the jihadist network of Lunel.
  The man had aroused the suspicions of the intelligence (…)

• Moroccan-Born Candidate Enters Mulhouse Mayoral Race with Local LREM Support
  14 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  Just like the candidate for the municipal election in Mulhouse, Lara Million, supported by La République en Marche (LREM), the Moroccan Fatima Jenn, who also announced her candidacy on Saturday, October 12, 2019, will be supported by local Marcheurs.
  This is the third candidacy announced after those of Lara Million and Frédéric Marquet. Fatima Jenn, during a media outing at the headquarters of her movement, has taken the commitment to lead her list and has therefore launched herself (…)

• French Government Won’t Ban Community-Based Election Lists, Affirms Free Speech
  31 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  No restriction on freedom of expression during election campaigns. This is the message announced by Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of Territorial Communities, on Tuesday, October 29, on Europe 1.
  The minister expressed his intention not to "restrict freedom of expression during election campaigns", specifying that the Government to which he belongs is not against the idea of community lists in electoral ballots.
  "No, because often these lists do not go around with a label ’Hello, we are (…)

• Far-Right Vox Party Surges in Ceuta, Winning 35% of Vote in Spanish Election
  12 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  Considered an anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim far-right party, Vox garnered 35% of the vote in Ceuta in the legislative elections on Sunday, November 10.
  A first in the history of the party. Indeed, the voters of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave north of Morocco, massively voted for Vox, a political party founded in 2013. In total, the political formation collected nearly 12,000 votes in Ceuta, which represents 35% of the votes.
  Vox thus improved its score compared to the last legislative (…)

• Macron Pledges Anti-Communitarianism Measures, Opposes Ban on Community Election Lists
  20 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  In a speech to the Congress of Mayors of France on Monday, November 19, Emmanuel Macron promised new measures against communitarianism "in the coming weeks." However, he spoke out against the ban on community lists in the municipal elections in March.
  "New concrete actions in the coming weeks." This is what the French president promises, without however banning community lists in the municipal elections next March.
  "It is not a matter of proclaiming the ban to solve the problem," says (…)

• Deadline Approaches: Moroccans Urged to Register to Vote by December 31
  2 December 2019, by Ginette

  December 31, 2019 is the deadline set by the Ministry of the Interior for Moroccans not yet registered on the electoral lists and who meet the legal requirements, to comply. The Ministry of the Interior made the announcement this Sunday through a press release.
  In addition to meeting the legal requirements, the press release specifies that one must be at least 18 years old or reach that age by March 31, 2020. The registration applications of the persons concerned can be filed directly (…)