European Council Emphasizes Value of Strategic Partnership with Morocco

The European Council also reiterated the need to preserve and consolidate close ties with the Kingdom in all areas of the Morocco-EU partnership.

This is the third time since the ECJ ruling two weeks ago that the EU has reaffirmed this commitment at the highest level.

Indeed, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, had reaffirmed, in a joint declaration, the European bloc’s commitment to further preserving and strengthening close relations with Morocco in all areas, in line with the “pacta sunt servanda” principle.

This commitment was reiterated this week by the EU’s Head of Diplomacy, who chaired the EU Foreign Affairs Council, stressing the “immense value” the EU attaches to the strategic partnership with Morocco.