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Rabat struggles to be heard in Brussels as pro-Sahrawi lobby ups it game

Morocco's ambassador in Brussels Ahmed Rahhou has become inaudible and Rabat now has fewer allies in the European Parliament than before, even as the new chair of the Western Sahara intergroup seeks to be more proactive. [...] (300 words)

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After European Court defeat, employers' group sends Lemseffer and Open2Europe on lobbying mission

The Moroccan employers' organisation CGEM is firing on all cylinders after the cancellation of two trade agreements with the European Union. CGEM's pointwoman for EU affairs, Abir Lemseffer, an acolyte of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, has hired PR firm Open2Europe to craft Morocco's response.

MOROCCO Diplomacy 15/04/2021

Bourita lines up successors to France and EU ambassadors Benmoussa and Rahhou

To encourage France and the European Union to recognise its sovereignty over Western Sahara, a step already taken by the United States, Morocco will be replacing its otherwise engaged ambassadors in Paris and Brussels.

Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita.

MOROCCO Diplomacy 30/03/2021

Berlin eases royal row by replacing Götz Schmidt-Bremme as ambassador

Germany will shortly replace its top diplomat in Morocco to repair relations strained over Western Sahara, Libya, and the activism of its political foundations.

German Ambassador to Morocco Götz Schmidt-Bremme with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Marrakech in 2018.

AFRICAN UNION KENYA Diplomacy 25/03/2021

Kenyatta leads anti-Morocco charge over Western Sahara

Kenya again showed its support for the Polisario cause during a meeting of the African Union's Peace and Security Council.

MOROCCO Business 23/03/2021

Aziz Akhannouch keeps monthly magazine Le Courrier de l'Atlas afloat

With legislative elections on the horizon, the billionaire and political heavyweight spares no cost to save his French magazine with a circulation of 50,000 copies for North Africans abroad.

Aziz Akhannouch, Moroccan Minister of Agriculture.

WESTERN SAHARA Diplomacy 27/01/2021

Macron's secret call with Mohammed VI and Tebboune day after Polisario attack

Emmanuel Macron jumped on the phone to Mohammed VI on 24 January, a day after the Polisario Front fired missiles into the Guerguerat buffer zone controlled by Morocco and just after putting down the receiver from a call with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

King of Morocco Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018.

MOROCCO Diplomacy 21/12/2020

Rabat lobbies EU over Western Sahara from its Paris embassy

Donald Trump's recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara has prompted Rabat's ambassador in Paris, Chakib Benmoussa, to push France and the EU to follow suit.

MOROCCO Diplomacy 10/11/2020

Nasser Bourita slaps up diplomatic facade in Laâyoune and Dakhla

Fifteen consulates but not a single consul: the diplomatic offices opened in two cities of the disputed territory are still empty and Rabat is even paying the rent for some.

The Consulate General of the United Arab Emirates in Laayoune was inaugurated on 4 November 2020.

MOROCCO Diplomacy 02/05/2019

Gilles Pargneaux makes his EuroMedA lobby official

On April 25, French MEP Gilles Pargneaux added his Fondation

MOROCCO 28/02/2019

Driss Kaissi is interim ambassador at the European Union

Morocco no longer has an ambassador at the European Union

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MOROCCO 05/02/2019

OCP floods Europe and Asia with Sahrawi phosphates

After securing lower tariffs from the European Union (EU) through vigorous campaign in Brussels, OCP's exports of Sahrawi phosphates to Europe should thrive and are positively booming in India and China. Facilitated migrations - Morocco's efforts have paid off.

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Gilles Pargneaux makes his EuroMedA lobby official

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Bourita lines up successors to France and EU ambassadors Benmoussa and Rahhou

Berlin eases royal row by replacing Götz Schmidt-Bremme as ambassador

Kenyatta leads anti-Morocco charge over Western Sahara

Aziz Akhannouch keeps monthly magazine Le Courrier de l'Atlas afloat

Macron's secret call with Mohammed VI and Tebboune day after Polisario attack

Rabat lobbies EU over Western Sahara from its Paris embassy

Nasser Bourita slaps up diplomatic facade in Laâyoune and Dakhla

Gilles Pargneaux makes his EuroMedA lobby official

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OCP floods Europe and Asia with Sahrawi phosphates

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