In France, the control of immigration is more than ever at the heart of the policy of the government of François Bayrou, after the attack that occurred on Saturday, February 22 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), in which a 37-year-old Algerian in an irregular situation is accused of having killed with a knife one person and injured seven others.
On what date will the month of Ramadan 1446/2025 begin in France? The authorized bodies are divided on the question.
Referring to the crisis between Algeria and France, Soufiane Djilali, president of Jil Jadid, deplored the firm and hostile position of the French Interior Minister, Bruno Retailleau, towards Algeria after the attack in Mulhouse on Saturday, as well as the alleged role of Moroccan lobbies in France in this crisis.
Based on information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the Moroccan police succeeded in arresting a Frenchman, wanted by Interpol, in Marrakech.
In an interview, Rachid Benali, president of the Moroccan Confederation of Agriculture and Rural Development (COMADER), defends Moroccan farmers whom the French Minister of Agriculture, Annie Genevard, and French farmers accuse of not having respected the clauses of the agreement signed 25 years ago between Europe and France, particularly the seasonality. He also invites French farmers to come and invest in Morocco instead of "opposing Moroccan tomatoes".
Gérard Larcher, President of the French Senate, announced on Monday from Laâyoune that France will open a consulate in the Moroccan Sahara. A statement that reinforces Paris’ position on the Moroccanness of the Sahara.
At the end of January, the Pontoise (Val-d’Oise) criminal court sentenced in absentia the Moroccan Soufyène Mazouz, former real estate agent in Persan , and also the boss of the former Nestenn agency in Persan, for breach of trust and money laundering. After the criminal judgment, civil lawsuits should soon be opened.
A 42-year-old French national of Algerian origin was arrested on Friday in Casablanca by the judicial police. Suspected of being involved in a drug trafficking and money laundering network, he was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the French judicial authorities.
In France, there is another reason for which the prefectural authorities could withdraw the residence permits of non-European foreigners.
During a recent visit to Marrakech, the French chef Cyril Lignac, owner of the gourmet restaurants Le Quinzième and Le Chardenoux, was charmed by Moroccan cuisine.
Morocco does not rule out the possibility of filing a complaint against French farmers who may have vandalized its agricultural exports, as it has already done for Spanish farmers. The French media that broadcast false information about Moroccan watermelon are also in the sights of the Moroccan authorities.
Morocco has signed a contract with the Israeli company Elbit Systems, for the acquisition of its Israeli Atmos 2000 artillery, thus abandoning the French Caesar.