{"id":215292,"date":"2022-02-01T16:06:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/morocco-model-of-democracy-in-africa-mep?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-02-01T16:06:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:06:19","slug":"morocco-model-of-democracy-in-africa-mep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/morocco-model-of-democracy-in-africa-mep\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco, Model of Democracy in Africa (MEP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/327cec13af923e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/327cec13af923e9\" alt=\"Department of Communication - Kingdom of Morocco\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/327cec13af923e9\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Morocco is a model of democracy in Africa and one of the best partners of the European Union (EU) in the Maghreb, said MEP Andrey Kovachev.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the program &#8220;Let&#039;s focus on the MENA Region!&#8221; of the European People&#039;s Party (EPP), Kovachev said he visited the Kingdom just after the democratic elections of September 2021 which led to a change at the level of the government, stressing that this &#8220;alternation took place in a normal way as in any democratic country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The MEP pointed out that the EU &#8220;cooperates closely with Morocco in different areas such as economy, trade, security, migration and energy&#8221;, adding that the Kingdom will be the EU&#039;s &#8220;best partner&#8221; in terms of renewable energy, in particular in the production of green hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the fight against illegal migration, he underlined that the figures show that &#8220;during the past five years, Morocco has prevented nearly 300,000 illegal crossings into the EU, and nearly 500,000 during the past decade&#8221;, calling to deepen the partnership with Morocco and to support the Kingdom which mobilizes nearly 80,000 coast guards to prevent these crossings.<\/p>\n<p>On the fight against radicalization and terrorism, the MEP noted that Morocco is a &#8220;very important partner for the EU&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Department of Communication &#8211; Kingdom of Morocco.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo Morocco is a model of democracy in Africa and one of the best partners of the European Union (EU) in the Maghreb, said MEP Andrey Kovachev. 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