Morocco: Café and restaurant owners are angry

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Morocco: Café and restaurant owners are angry

The Moroccan union of café and restaurant owners has officially demanded that the Prime Minister, Aziz Akhannouch, abolish the GMT+1 time zone. This request highlights the adverse economic and social repercussions of this additional hour.

In its correspondence, the National Union of Café and Restaurant Owners points out that the disruption of the biological clock modifies consumption habits. The organization believes that this measure impacts not only commercial activity, but also generates heavy psychological burdens that affect professional productivity and academic success.

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The organization particularly alerts on the winter living conditions, forcing many citizens to travel very early in the dark, which poses real security challenges. While this time zone allows for practical alignment with certain foreign companies established in the country, professionals denounce its direct effects on the local workforce and demand respect for a true "temporal sovereignty".

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This new approach follows the government’s silence in the face of a previous letter sent on October 30, 2025. Relying on the speeches of King Mohammed VI advocating for listening to citizens’ concerns, the union hopes to relaunch the dialogue with authorities who have so far justified this maintenance by economic and energy imperatives.