Relations between the European Parliament and Morocco are nosediving, jeopardising agreements on trade, energy and migration, The fall-out from the Qatargate scandal is tarnishing both the European Parliament, the European Union s legislature, and Morocco s security services. It will also complicate efforts by the European Commission, the EU s executive arm, to strengthen ties with Rabat on security and trade.
For decades, the Moroccan government has shown great skill in selling itself abroad. In a period of effervescence in the Arab world, and with the West fatigued by the jihadist threat, the Alawi (.)
The vote of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in the European Parliament alongside the French extreme right is increasingly inexplicable from the point
In January every year since the Arab Spring uprisings, which began in 2011, discussion has turned towards the legacy left behind, and the fate of the young activists who led those protests and inspired millions around the globe.