Morocco's king calls on French help for an 'advanced status' with EU
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has called upon France to help push its European partners to grant his North African country closer ties and wants his country to have 'advanced status' with the European Union.
At a state dinner held in honour of the visiting French President, Nicolas Sarcozy, Mohammes VI said ‘The European Union's policy towards its neighbours has reinforced Morocco aspirations for an advanced status giving its relations with the Union the strategic dimension they deserve,'
In July 2008 France takes over the six-month rotating EU presidency. Sarcozy told Mohammed V! that he 'can count on France for starting brief negotiations on advanced status' with the European Union.
Morocco repeatedly asks for 'advanced status' as an EU partner and European Foreign Relations
In 1995, the European Union unveiled plans for a close political and socioeconomic partnership with 10 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, from Morocco to Turkey via Israel. However the Euro-Meditteranean process has been sluggish.
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