Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee Receives Delegation of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development at the German Bundestag

Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Islamic Affairs and Moroccan Expatriates Committee, Ms. Nadia Bouaida, received on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the House, a delegation of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development from the German Bundestag.

During the meeting, attended by some members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the two parties discussed a number of topics of mutual interest. In this respect, they exchanged views on two main topics relating to the political participation and economic empowerment of women in Morocco.

In her address on the occasion, Ms. Bouaida noted that Morocco has achieved, under the wise leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, important gains in consolidating gender equality and promoting the rights of Moroccan women in various areas. In the same respect, she added that our country made considerable efforts in accelerating the legal and institutional reforms, improving development indices, and integrating the gender approach in the various public policies, strategies and national programs.

Ms. Bouaida added that there is a strong political will to reach the effective parity between men and women in the near future, so that Morocco overcomes the issue of balancing between the preservation of tradition and integrating modernism. In the same context, she noted that one of the reassuring examples is that 95 of the members of the House are women, and that there are qualified women among the current Government, in addition to tens of women who chair several communal councils, including three who are in charge of three big cities.

During the same meeting, Ms. Bouaida reiterated the strong will to work on solidifying the cooperation ties between the Kingdom of Morocco and Germany, considering the latter a friendly country that has always supported the democratic and development process in our country.

For their part, the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee who attended the meeting, Rep. Nadia El Kansouri, Rep. Rifaa Maelainine, Rep. Aicha El Karji, and Rep. Sidi Saleh Idrissi also highlighted the dynamism taking place in the Kingdom of Morocco in various areas, especially in the advancement of the situation of women. In the same vein, they stressed the important role of the Parliament in consolidating rapprochement between the Moroccan and German peoples, and reinforcing cooperation ties between the two friendly countries.

The members of the Foreign Affairs Committee called for intensifying meetings between the two legislative institutions to exchange experiences and expertise.

The German delegation, on the other hand, noted that the visit aims particularly to explore the Moroccan experience in the area of political participation and economic empowerment of women. In this context, they expressed their keenness to exchange views on these two topics within the framework of a joint parliamentary friendship group between Germany and Morocco.

The German parliamentary delegation was composed of Mr. Christoph Hoffman, the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development and member of the Free Democratic Party; Ms. Sanae Abdi and Mr. Karamba Diaby, members of the Social Democratic Party; Mr. Wolfgang Stefinger, member of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union Party; Ms. Kordula Schulz-Asche, member of the Alliance 90/The Greens Party; and Mr. Dietmar Fridhoff, member of the Alternative for Germany Party.