The conference-debate devoted to the hostile, blatant and repeated attacks against Morocco by the European Parliament (EP) kicked off Wednesday 08.02.2023, at the headquarters of Parliament.
This meeting had examined the basis of methodical attacks and misleading aggressions by the EP against the Kingdom in a systematic and assumed way.
This conference was attended by parliamentarians, representatives of civil society, experts and lawyers, who addressed the instrumentalization of the human rights issue, the targets against the territorial integrity of the Kingdom or the underhanded exploitation of the Pegasus affair as on the agenda of the EP.
In this regard, Lahcen Haddad, chairman of the Moroccan-European Union (EU) Joint Parliamentary Committee, said at this debate that Morocco is facing a number of MEPs who are using the European Parliament (EP) as a platform to attack the Kingdom in an organized manner and with great resources.
Haddad added that the Kingdom's problem is not with the European Union or its various institutions, but rather with MEPs known for their hostility towards Morocco.
According to him, these MEPs have taken advantage of the corruption crisis shaking the EP to create a climate of fear within the European legislative institution, pushing it to undermine Morocco's image and reputation in the media and to adopt resolutions hostile to the Kingdom.
Haddad noted that 112 anti-Morocco issues and 18 attempted amendments were raised in the EP in 2022, claiming the existence of a "systematic war" against the Kingdom.
For his part, Authenticity and Modernity Group President Ahmed Touizi said that the European Parliament has become "a platform to attack and provoke Morocco," noting that there is a joint Morocco-EU committee that MEPs have chosen to ignore and freeze in order to directly attack the Kingdom.
Touizi stressed that some MEPs do not want to defend human rights but "to attack the territorial integrity of the Kingdom," explaining this hostility by the geostrategic position that Morocco now occupies on the continent thanks to the enlightened vision of HM King Mohammed VI.
He added that the European Parliament, which is trying to "blackmail" Morocco, cannot afford to ignore the great progress made by the Kingdom in the field of human rights, knowing that the Moroccan Parliament has adopted laws to protect freedoms and human rights.
At his intervention, Rachid Talbi Alami, House of Representatives Speaker, said that the actions of some parties in the European Parliament (EP) against Morocco constitute interference in the internal affairs of states, motivated by cyclical interests and led by lobbies that are more active with the rise in energy prices.
The attitude of a political current within the EP is contrary to the relations between Morocco and the EU, the Kingdom's advanced status towards the Union and all the positions and statements of European officials.
This action is also contrary to the spirit of the Morocco-EU partnership; a partnership on strategic issues for the future of the region and the world, in which Morocco assumes great responsibilities, said Talbi Alami.
He also recalled that the House of Representatives is linked by an EU-funded institutional twinning project with seven European parliaments, noting that this is the second twinning project funded by the EU as a sign of consideration for Moroccan democracy after a first project that linked the House with five European parliaments.
It should be noted that Morocco's Parliament had announced, in a joint statement of its two Houses on January 23, its decision to reconsider its relations with the European Parliament by subjecting them to an overall assessment, aimed at taking firm and appropriate decisions, following the latest positions of the European Parliament towards Morocco.
In this regard, the Parliament had decided to create an ad-hoc thematic committee devoted to the re-assessment of relations with the EP and composed of representatives of both Houses of Parliament.
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