Morocco is the third democracy in the MENA region behind Israel and Tunisia and ahead of Algeria. This is revealed by the latest ranking established by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Morocco has recently modified the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Tunisia, excluding 18 categories of products. A measure that is not to the liking of Tunisian economic operators who denounce an "unjustified act" and call on the government for help.
Due to the tense socio-political and economic climate, businessmen and their families are fleeing Tunisia to settle in Morocco, the United Arab Emirates or France.
After Turkey, Morocco, determined to ensure compliance with the Free Trade Agreements with its partners, has just established negative lists with Tunisia and Egypt, temporarily excluding certain products from the tariff dismantling applied with these countries and subjecting others to a single tax of 17.5%.
Tunisair will operate a repatriation flight for Tunisians stranded in Morocco following the extension of the suspension of air links. The company has received authorization from the Moroccan authorities.
While the inscription of couscous on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list is the result of an agreement between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Tunisia, the current Moroccan Minister of Culture, Mehdi Bensaid, is trying to revive the differences around the paternity of this ancestral dish.
Morocco is the first African country to have acquired and administered the most doses of Covid-19 vaccines to its population, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) of the African Union.
Customs elements operating at Tunis-Carthage airport seized this week nearly 1.5 million euros from a Moroccan. The latter was immediately arrested.
Morocco enjoys political stability in the Maghreb that promotes foreign investment. To such an extent that major foreign companies have abandoned their activities in Algeria and Tunisia in recent months to settle in Morocco.
France’s decision to reduce by 50% the granting of visas for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians is explained by the tensions between Paris and Algiers.
During a reception organized at the Élysée on Thursday, September 30, French President Emmanuel Macron revealed the real reasons for tightening the granting of visas for Moroccans , Algerians and Tunisians.
The decision by France to reduce by 50% the granting of visas for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians is provoking a reaction from the Moroccan branch of the National Office of French Abroad. It denounces this project and calls for its outright withdrawal.