In order to renew the fisheries agreement, the European Commission wants to relaunch negotiations with Morocco. In a document, the EU body wants to include a human rights and democratic principles clause.
Amnesty International issued a report focusing on the state of human rights in 159 countries, including Morocco. Responding to the survey the Moroccan authorities denied the objectivity of the NGO's applied methodology.
Morocco is ranked 12th in Africa by the 2017 Ibrahim Index of African Governance. According to the annual survey, the kingdom is witnessing an increasing improvement especially at the Economic level.