EU to Develop Ties with Morocco
The EU External Relations Commissioner said on Tuesday that the European Union wants to push ties with Morocco to a higher level within a year, rewarding Rabat for progress in opening markets and pressing economic and social reforms.
"There's a progressively deeper integration of Morocco in the Euro-Mediterranean space, bringing it closer to the European Union," Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. Over the coming year Morocco’s ‘Advanced Status’ will be defined and in theory it could take part in border security agency Frontex, EU justice arm Eurojust, policing body Europol and other agencies, she said.
"All this should be settled by next January," Ferrero-Waldner told reporters in the Moroccan capital Rabat.
The EU has practically ruled out full EU membership for them but awards individual countries with varying degrees of aid and market access according to their progress in reforms, social development and human rights.
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