Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the European Parliament Agree on Roadmap to Revive the Relations between the Moroccan and European Parliaments

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Rachid Talbi El Alami, and the President of the European Parliament, Hon. Roberta Metsola, agreed, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, in Brussels, on a roadmap to revive parliamentary ties between the Moroccan and European Parliaments.

In a statement to the Moroccan News Agency MAP following his talks with the President of the European Parliament, Hon. Talbi El Alami noted, “We examined several subjects and agreed on a roadmap and a working method to restore the normal status of cooperation between the Moroccan and European Parliaments and overcome the dysfunctions that have marred these relations.”

Hon. Talbi El Alami, who was visiting the European hemicycle at the invitation of the President of the European Parliament, highlighted the “determination expressed by Metsola to re-establish and restore the normal state of said ties following the recent European elections and the restructuring of the European Parliament.”

He also stressed the need to respect “Moroccan conditions” to ensure better ties between the two legislative institutions, “within a framework of mutual respect.”

He added that Hon. Metsola had underlined “the position the Kingdom of Morocco enjoys in the European neighborhood, thanks to its political, economic, and social stability, as well as its many achievements in several fields and its foreign policy, under the Leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.”