The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Rabat represents an opportunity for him to rebuild Franco-Moroccan relations. To achieve this, he should provide some guarantees.
The French group NGE, specialized in construction and public works, has recently won a contract worth 111 million dirhams to build a 52 km railway line connecting the port of Nador West to the city of Selouane.
Of Moroccan origin, Sabah Aib, 18, elected Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2024 last Saturday, says she is facing "a wave of racist hatred" on social media since her coronation.
It will be even more difficult to obtain a residence permit in France. The Barnier government has announced the implementation, as early as 2025, of two new mandatory tests for all foreign applicants, including Moroccans.
In line with the warming of relations between Morocco and France, French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in Rabat from October 28 to 30. A visit intended in particular to reaffirm Paris’ support for the Moroccanness of the Sahara.
After getting married in total discretion last June, Rachel Legrain-Trapani, former Miss France, and Valentin Léonard, former reality TV candidate, flew to Morocco where they organized a second, grandiose wedding.
Morocco has imported more French wheat than Russian, a fact that reveals the warming of relations between Rabat and Paris.
Clash between Pascal Boniface and Karim Bouamrane. The director of the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) described the mayor of Saint-Ouen as a "Muslim in appearance" after the latter abstained from commenting on the war in Gaza during his appearance on the show Quelle époque on France 2. The Moroccan-born socialist elected official did not fail to react to these remarks.
Kamel J., a 36-year-old Franco-Algerian arrested seven months ago in Tangier, Morocco, is the subject of an Interpol red notice. He is wanted for fraud, money laundering and belonging to a criminal network.
Accused by his Franco-Algerian ex-wife of refusing to pay her alimony, the Algerian artist naturalized Moroccan Faudel will have to appear shortly before the court of first instance of Marrakech.
All eyes are on the National Railway Office (ONCF), which will announce in the coming weeks the name of the multinational that will supply the trains for the future Kénitra-Marrakech TGV line. The French giant Alstom should win this mega contract.
Faced with the insistence of the local authorities to demolish his four-story house located in the Derb Maizi neighborhood in Casablanca, a Franco-Moroccan threatens to take Morocco to court in France.