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Diplomatic imbroglio: Germany accuses the European Union of promoting Morocco's hegemony over the Maghreb countries ...
This note is not official but it should have been kept confidential. It comes from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and comes out at a time when relations between Germany and Morocco are already very tense, in the midst of the Pegasus affair, which will force France to react.
Jean-Marc Sylvestre
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Seen from Germany, this analytical note means in substance: we must stop Morocco in its hegemonic temptations over the Maghreb countries and in particular stop helping the growth and economic development of Morocco, which thus slows down the emergence of Algeria and Tunisia.
This memo is from the Berlin-based StiftungWissenschaftundPolitik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs).
It was published by Isabelle Werenfels, senior flow of the Middle East and Africa division and entitled
“Maghrebian rivalries on sub-Saharan Africa: Algeria and Tunisia seek to follow in Morocco's footsteps. " This" unofficial study "to all forms of a policy paper at the German authorities.
It should be noted that the SWP is an institution founded in 1962 which advises the Bundestag, therefore the Parliament of Germany. But beyond that, we can say that his work at least reflects the view of many scientific and political circles across the Rhine.
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This research institute first makes some observations on developments in North Africa and Morocco and its interactions with the Sahel region and therefore expresses recommendations to Germany and the European Union on how to behave towards the Maghreb countries.
In short, this note observes that Morocco is advancing at a pace that leaves behind its two neighbors, Algeria and Tunisia. While Tunisia falls into oblivion and insignificance, Algeria tries to overcome its difficulties and catch up with Morocco, which would do anything to hamper its progress.
According to Isabelle Werenfels, this situation represents an
imbalance, especially as the European countries are trying to work with the Maghreb countries individually .
It therefore recommends a triangular cooperation with all the Maghreb countries to balance things out, which would then amount to "thwarting Algeria's feeling of growing uselessness, strengthening the Tunisian economy, and putting Morocco's hegemonic ambitions into perspective. and thus mitigate the negative dynamics of the rivalry. "
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For many observers, this note was not made public by chance. It falls in a climate of political and diplomatic tensions between Germany and Morocco against the backdrop of sub-Saharan rivalries, but it also falls at a time when Morocco is suspected of having used the famous Israeli software that would have allowed it to put on listens to the cell phones of many European and especially French personalities, including the President of the Republic.
This context will oblige France and the whole of the European Union to clarify their relations with the countries of North Africa and to rethink economic and migration relations. A file that France will find when it takes over the presidency of the European Union at the beginning of next year, when the presidential campaign will already be well underway and Germany will have already changed governance.
To find out more, this study has just been posted on the SWP institute's website:
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/maghrebi-rivalries-over-sub-saharan-africa /
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