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Morocco
Population: 31.9 mn.
GDP: 91.1 bn.
Debt: 19.6 bn.
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The Islamist PJD-led coalition is set for conflict with the King. Palace-appointed conservatives control the security state while former dissident Mustapha Ramid holds the justice ministry. This government is Mohamed VI's last chance to fend off revolution. 

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  • Vol 52 No 25
  •  16th December 2011

The King’s own Islamists

Morocco's Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD) formed the main opposition in the previous National Assembly and took 107 of its 395 seats in the 25 November elections, the biggest share ever won by a single party. King Mohammed VI invited its lea...

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

Reform dilemma

Traditional constituencies linked into the Makhzen system will probably swing the 1 July referendum in favour of King Mohammed VI’s proposed constitutional reforms. Makhzen means that palace and local elites, along with ‘loyalist’ political parties, contr...

  • Vol 52 No 11
  •  27th May 2011

Can the King stop the spring?

Astute reforms have held revolution at bay but the monarchy could be running out of time

  • Vol 52 No 9
  •  29th April 2011

Campaign timetable

King Mohammed VI (‘M6’) seems in little danger of losing his throne. However, the mainly peaceful protests for political change and social justice inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt will continue at least until a commission he...

  • Vol 50 No 1
  •  9th January 2009

Reform-minded monarch

King Mohammed is an absolute monarch but paradoxically, he is the region’s most reform-minded head of state.

  • Vol 48 No 19
  •  21st September 2007

Best election dirhams could buy

Elections will produce a functioning government but, troublingly, few Moroccans seem to care

  • Vol 48 No 16
  •  3rd August 2007

Electoral arithmetic

The Islamist PJD is not exactly in freefall but unexpectedly close elections in September could trigger difficult decisions for King Mohammed

  • Vol 48 No 16
  •  3rd August 2007

Parties turn to the young guards

As parties vie for votes, much emphasis is placed on younger politicians. Leading Istiqlal's charge is the young trio of Equipment and Transport Minister Karim Ghellab, ebullient Housing and Town Planning Minister Ahmed Toufik Hjira and Adil Douiri, the T...

  • Vol 46 No 8
  •  15th April 2005

A new-style monarchy

M6 is relaxing his grip on politics, opening prospects for rebranded Islamists and others

  • Vol 46 No 8
  •  15th April 2005

Long-term agenda

The Parti de la Justice et du Développement is back in politics, with a message it intends to be acceptable to a majority of Moroccans. After the Islamist bombings in May 2003, the PJD was threatened with abolition, taking the blame for an environm...

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