The Polisario, protected by Algeria, accuses France of obstructing the restoration of peace and stability in the North-West African region, and denounces its blatant complicity with Morocco, which hinders the unity of the peoples of the Greater Maghreb and cooperation and integration between its countries.
Political actors are expressing their opposition to loan agreements totaling 130 million euros and a 4.7 million euro grant signed by the Deputy Minister in charge of the Budget and the Director of the French Development Agency in Rabat to finance the strengthening of French-language education in the Moroccan education system.
Accused of cultural appropriation, the French luxury fashion brand Balenciaga has been forced to remove a pair of mules strongly inspired by the traditional Moroccan babouches.
Relations between Morocco and France have experienced strong tensions in recent years for various reasons, including the rapprochement with Algeria, Morocco’s neighboring rival, and Paris’s reluctance to recognize the Moroccanness of the Sahara, as already done by the United States, Spain, Israel and Germany. Today, the power of Emmanuel Macron is working to turn the page on tensions.
For a few months now, the Moroccan tomato has been attacked in Europe. Last January, French farmers burned shipments of this Moroccan product and similar scenes have been recorded in Spain in recent days. Between water scarcity and pressure from European farmers, the tomato sector in Morocco is in the doldrums.
Called up to the French under-19 national team to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Mahamadou Diawara, who plays for Olympique Lyonnais (OL), would have left the Blues on Tuesday to continue his Ramadan fast, after the French Football Federation (FFF) banned players from observing the fast while on national team duty.
The French were the most numerous to visit Morocco in the first two months of the year. Nearly 400,000 tourists from the Hexagon arrived in the kingdom during the period.
The French luxury fashion brand Balenciaga is being criticized for selling a new model of slippers, inspired by the famous Moroccan "belgha" for $995.
The trial of Salim Berrada, the "Tinder" rapist, accused of raping 13 women and sexually assaulting four others, opened on Monday, March 18 before the departmental criminal court in Paris and will continue until the end of the month.
It’s official, Eliesse Ben Seghir , the jewel of AS Monaco, has decided to wear the jersey of the Atlas Lions. A well-thought-out choice by the 19-year-old player, who long hesitated between France, the country of his birth, and Morocco, the country of his parents.
Stéphane Plaza, the star presenter of M6, had inappropriate behavior towards one of his ex-partners during a trip to Morocco. Prosecuted for "habitual violence" and placed under judicial supervision, he will be tried before a criminal court at the end of the summer, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office announced.
Moroccans residing in France have created a company whose subsidiary based in Casablanca has been used to seize real estate properties, with the complicity of a French notary. The latter was responsible for producing falsified wills, used before the Moroccan justice system and the land registry.