Having the EU-Morocco association agreement cover products originating from Western Sahara is a new challenge to Morocco. The decision was announced Tuesday through the Official Journal of the European Union.
Moroccan nationals top the list of naturalized foreigners in the European Union for the seventh consecutive year, according to data compiled by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat). Out of the 672,270 people who obtained citizenship in one of the member states of the European Union in 2018, 67,156 were Moroccans.
During a press briefing held in Rabat, public health official Mohamed Lyoubi also gave information regarding the fatality rate compared to other neighboring European countries, as well as the impact of the age factor and the chronic diseases which caused the death of 33 people so far.