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00:00:21proposed on this
00:00:366:30 PM on Alloula, good evening and welcome to this first
00:00:41quote, recurrent from news broadcast of the evening, here is the summary:
00:00:45sag, Morocco has switched back to
00:00:48it's about a little more than GMT time zone, a definitive return to legal time that
00:00:51outgoing deputies of is already making people happy, so this first Sunday of
00:00:54gentle transition, what changes in daily life and
00:00:57we asked the question to the first.
00:01:07serious legislative 2026, grouping on the expectations of those who make
00:01:11the country's driving force, the student community carries
00:01:15great aspirations, hope
00:01:18and reality on the ground, what face of Morocco is emerging on the benches of our
00:01:22universities, we'll tell you more in this
00:01:24newspaper, and what if the flavors of
00:01:27Morocco met those of France. this week, an institution of
00:01:31high gastronomy straight from Paris came to
00:01:34Escalarba, a gourmet blend of two traditions
00:01:37and excellent
00:01:39know-how.
00:01:44It's done, we've just experienced the very first day on legal time,
00:01:48a change that for many has translated into one word:
00:01:51relief. It's true that after 8 years, this transition has been
00:01:55long awaited, today it seems to be
00:01:58consensual among a large part... of the population, how did Moroccans
00:02:02experience these first GMT days? We collected some
00:02:05feelings. Khadija Jamali, with
00:02:09Basmarkshi. Morocco now lives on
00:02:12GMT time, this night, at 2
00:02:18than AM, the hands officially moved back 60 minutes. A change
00:02:22awaited by many citizens, they especially see
00:02:24mornings more in phase with daylight,
00:02:28in the street the...
00:02:32co-organized this conference alongside
00:02:36as a taxi driver, I noticed it every morning, with
00:02:39GMT+1, parents drove their children to
00:02:43school half asleep, sometimes even in
00:02:46darkness, darkness,
00:02:49precisely, with the return to
00:02:52parties, on the other hand the state of mind of GMT, mornings gain light, but
00:02:55behind the hands, it's also our
00:02:58biological clock that... finds its
00:03:00bearings,
00:03:05GMT+1 did not offer the best conditions for
00:03:08sleep, especially for children, legal time
00:03:12is more in phase with our biological clock while GMT+1
00:03:15required the body to adapt.
00:03:18After 8 years under the GMT+1
00:03:22regime, Morocco is therefore setting its clocks to
00:03:26the right time, a 60-minute change on the dials.
00:03:30and new habits to regain in daily
00:03:32life, let's move on to the decryption of
00:03:36the highlights of the week's news and it's like every Sunday with
00:03:40our consultant, Professor of Law and Political Scientist Mustafa Simis,
00:03:44good evening, good evening, we start with this affirmed support from
00:03:47Saudi Arabia following the attacks perpetrated on its soil
00:03:51by Houthi rebels in Yemen, this position taken by the kingdom was
00:03:54made on Thursday by Nassara Boyetta, it was during a
00:03:57meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations
00:04:01in New York, displaying its absolute solidarity
00:04:04with what message Rabat intends to send in a context of
00:04:07escalating violence in the Middle East? First, the facts,
00:04:11as you said, it is a conference that was
00:04:14proposed by Bahrain which is a non-permanent
00:04:17member of the Security Council, a conference that dealt with what theme, maritime
00:04:20security, this is a problem that remains fully
00:04:24relevant and on this occasion, there were a certain number of
00:04:28requirements of the labor communications made precisely on... the insecurity that
00:04:31prevails particularly in the straits of Hormuz
00:04:34and Bab el-Mandeb, so there was a Moroccan
00:04:36intervention with our Foreign Minister who
00:04:40reaffirmed if necessary the solidarity
00:04:44of the kingdom and absolute solidarity, even the term is
00:04:47strong, towards Saudi Arabia against aggressions,
00:04:50I quote, cowardly aggressions by the Houthis
00:04:54and against the holy city of Mecca
00:04:56uh, so it's important to note why? Because what's happening
00:05:00there is an attempt to control the Strait
00:05:04of Bab el-Mandeb, as you know, with the
00:05:07unresolved problem today of security on
00:05:11international straits. As our Foreign Minister said,
00:05:14the problem does not concern now, it concerns
00:05:17more international straits but concerns a problem
00:05:21of security uh that
00:05:24involves non-state actors in this case
00:05:27Houthis and
00:05:30so the Foreign Ministry
00:05:34subject, having said that, there is a need for mechanisms for prevention and crisis
00:05:37management and therefore total support from Saudi Arabia, I recall
00:05:40that on September 9th His Majesty the King had also
00:05:44addressed a message to King Abdullah of
00:05:47Jordan, about ten days ago against the
00:05:51heinous aggressions, I
00:05:54Iran against the brotherly country, so we are in a
00:05:57constant position of Morocco, so what does that stem from? It stems first from the
00:06:01privileged relations between Rabat and Riyadh, it is a
00:06:05strategic partnership that is historical that
00:06:08articulates around a certain number of points, the first is obviously the
00:06:12clear support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the kingdom,
00:06:16the second concerns the problems and requirements of
00:06:19security, of stability in the Gulf region
00:06:23and particularly in Saudi Arabia. The
00:06:27third axis looks
00:06:30at coordination on Arab-Islamic issues, and the
00:06:33last axis is economic cooperation, investment, there is a
00:06:37blockade, that's the situation, a targeted blockade,
00:06:40it was targeted against the...
00:06:42Israel, the United States, Great Britain, it has now been extended to
00:06:46Saudi Arabian ships. I remind you that
00:06:49this position of the kingdom was
00:06:52expressed about ten years ago during the
00:06:55participation of the King in the Morocco
00:06:58summit, Gulf Cooperation Council. A historic speech
00:07:02was given on this occasion on April 20,
00:07:052016, exactly, a speech that was an
00:07:09expression of a doctrine of
00:07:11sovereignty. forced global strategic solidarity
00:07:14and solidarity, meaning the sovereign had
00:07:18said, any threat against Morocco is a
00:07:21threat against the Gulf countries, and any threat against the Gulf countries is a
00:07:25threat against Morocco, so it's extremely and that's why it was interesting,
00:07:29this reminder, we're still on track, Professor, where Morocco
00:07:32co-organized on Thursday the world conference on the fight
00:07:36against hate speech through the promotion of inter-religious
00:07:39and intercultural dialogue and tolerance. Morocco
00:07:44the UN and the UN Alliance of Civilizations, a meeting
00:07:48that highlighted the leadership of His Majesty the King in the fight
00:07:52against hate speech and the promotion of tolerance. What
00:07:55makes Morocco a privileged UN actor on this
00:07:59issue? It must be recalled, Morocco
00:08:02which took the initiative more than 4 years ago for this
00:08:06world conference on the fight against hate speech and the
00:08:10promotion of inter-religious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance,
00:08:14it is Morocco that initiated this format, and it was
00:08:17where, it was on the occasion of a meeting, it was the first by the way
00:08:21in November 2022, so almost
00:08:244 years ago, so we are still in this same perimeter with
00:08:27avant-garde positions and Morocco organized this
00:08:31with the UN precisely at the United
00:08:34Nations headquarters in New York, it was extremely important so it's
00:08:38a
00:08:41it's a position taken by... Morocco that revolves around a certain number of points,
00:08:45which ones? The urgency of collective action,
00:08:48the minister insisted on the need to preserve
00:08:52human dignity, protect societies from rejection and
00:08:55division, he also referred to a number
00:08:59of fears that are fueled by what? By ignorance and
00:09:03prejudice and that are exploited by extremist
00:09:06currents, he also, Mr. Moutta also
00:09:10sounded the alarm about what he called the... trivialization of
00:09:13hatred, a big problem, and then he recalled
00:09:16Morocco's commitments in domestic and foreign
00:09:20policy, in domestic policy it is codified in which text? In the supreme
00:09:23law, the 2011 constitution,
00:09:26which translates a commitment to
00:09:29dialogue, tolerance, coexistence, but we find in this
00:09:32constitution the principle of national identity which is
00:09:36unified but plural, also the attachment to universal
00:09:39values, and then the fact that the...
00:09:43guarantees the free exercise of religions, in our
00:09:46constitution, in its preamble, there is a precise reference
00:09:50to the Moroccan identity which is Arab-Islamic,
00:09:53Amazigh, Saharan, but also open to
00:09:56African, Andalusian, Hebrew and Mediterranean influences,
00:10:00that's why Morocco's credibility for this
00:10:03interreligious dialogue
00:10:07and even intercivilizational and with the leadership obviously and the enlightened
00:10:11vision of the sovereign. Then on the internal front, only one
00:10:15issue dominates the news, the legislative elections. We are only
00:10:183 days away from the vote which is entering its
00:10:22final stretch, we see political parties multiplying
00:10:25their outings to reach a wider electorate, an electorate in search
00:10:29of alternatives and very concrete
00:10:33answers to its concerns, what are today the major
00:10:36issues that emerge from this
00:10:40election beyond the renewal of the 395 seats in
00:10:44parliament? So 2 days before the end of the election
00:10:46campaign on Tuesday at midnight, what is the situation
00:10:50like? First the candidates, there are 728 candidates
00:10:54for the Representatives, that's 18
00:10:58candidates per seat, it's higher than in 2000
00:11:022021 and 2016 where this rate was
00:11:0517, 17 candidates per seat, there is
00:11:09also another fact,
00:11:13half of the
00:11:16the House of Representatives are running again, it's
00:11:18interesting, so we'll see what the re-election rate of these
00:11:22outgoing deputies will be, there are also 15 ministers who
00:11:26are candidates, we'll follow that closely too, it's obvious
00:11:29that a candidate minister who is not re-elected must
00:11:33approach the future of his political career differently, and
00:11:37then the campaign now, the campaign is in
00:11:40extreme mobilization now, it takes place on
00:11:43two levels with traditional forms, these are
00:11:46rallies, meetings, etc., we see it, but also essentially, it seems to
00:11:49me, on social networks, social networks with, moreover,
00:11:53many excesses on social networks
00:11:56and notably excesses targeting women candidates, which is totally
00:12:00regrettable, moreover, there are legal proceedings initiated by
00:12:03women candidates, concerning what has been said on a certain number of social networks, the
00:12:07themes of this campaign, the dominant theme is obviously
00:12:11purchasing power, we must add the social question and
00:12:15also the moralization of public life, better
00:12:18governance and then dignity, it's a theme that has come up for
00:12:21a certain number of parties, dignity is what as it is: inter
00:12:25it's access to public services, it's full
00:12:29citizenship implies that an administered, a user
00:12:32can easily access public services
00:12:35so the question that remains is
00:12:39this, first question, the turnout, in
00:12:422021 we had 43.7 %, in
00:12:462000, 2021, c 2016,
00:12:492021 had 50.2 %,
00:12:52but on September 8, 2021, three votes must be
00:12:55recalled, communal, regional, etc., so I doubt
00:12:59that there will be the
00:13:02reiteration of this 50% rate, but the
00:13:06general feeling is that on one hand there is
00:13:09candidate mobilization with a high number of candidates per seat
00:13:1318 and the mobilization of political
00:13:17public opinion is not very favorable, we see that for a large
00:13:20mobilization, now the stakes, the stakes are about
00:13:24deciding. to designate parties that can
00:13:27form a majority, in the current
00:13:30scheme, we thought before the
00:13:34election campaign a kind of re-election of the three outgoing
00:13:37majority parties with an opening that would be towards
00:13:41such and such a party, that is no longer the case today due to the fact that the PAM for
00:13:44example says that it says this, whether
00:13:48I am first or second, I will not make any alliance with the
00:13:51RNI, so here is a breakdown of the majority on... important and that's
00:13:55why it's interesting to see what the election
00:13:58score will be, why? Because the first party to come
00:14:01out on top is responsible for leading the
00:14:05government, His Majesty on the basis of article 47,
00:14:08head of government, someone from the party that comes first
00:14:12will decide on Wednesday or Thursday evening at the latest,
00:14:15thank you Professor Simi for your input.
00:14:19a few days before the legislative elections, we held
00:14:22out the microphone to students who also have great
00:14:25aspirations, training and higher education
00:14:28remain however less visible in the electoral
00:14:31programs, a finding all the more alarming as Morocco would devote
00:14:35only 1% of its GDP to scientific
00:14:38research compared to 2% in several other countries, what
00:14:41priority does the student community expect from future deputies
00:14:45Samirasban,
00:14:50a training adapted to the needs and
00:14:53market, that's what the student
00:14:56community wants? A demand it puts forward for this
00:14:59election and that it wishes to be at the center of the priorities of the next
00:15:03executive. This is one of the current ones, Dehra, 23
00:15:07years old, master's student and only one dream in mind, a
00:15:10training that opens the doors to the job market.
00:15:13plois.
00:15:17Training must really adapt to the needs of the labor market. There are
00:15:21several sectors and specializations in educational institutions.
00:15:25But once the diploma is in hand, it's difficult to get a
00:15:28job, in addition to that, improving the quality of
00:15:32training, in the face of the challenges imposed by new technologies and
00:15:35artificial intelligence,
00:16:07the political parties that will form the next government must take the issue of
00:16:11higher education very seriously. We cannot talk
00:16:14about an employment-generating economy without a training offer capable of strengthening
00:16:18students' skills in order to facilitate their integration into the
00:16:21labor market. It will also be necessary to invest in the
00:16:24infrastructure of scientific research and its
00:16:27modernization, while promoting openness to
00:16:30business.
00:16:32So many challenges to overcome, to date, the budget allocated to scientific
00:16:36research does not exceed 1% of
00:16:39GDP while in other countries the average is 2
00:16:43%.
00:16:46also answered the call to the polls, nearly 4 million
00:16:49German voters from the city-state of Berlin, Dulmen,
00:16:53Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania voted
00:16:57today for their regional representatives, two
00:17:00elections where the advances of the far-right AfD party and the radical
00:17:03left could cause new tremors
00:17:08and affect Chancellor Frederic Merz, already
00:17:10weakened. Let's remember that the far-right Alternative for Germany party,
00:17:14pro-Trump and close to Moscow, had inflicted two
00:17:18weeks ago a resounding defeat on the conservative
00:17:21CDU party in Saxony,
00:17:25also in the eastern part of the country, its
00:17:27stronghold.
00:17:31In the Middle East, the escalation of violence continues against
00:17:34Saudi Arabia, whose capital was targeted for the first time in
00:17:38months by the Houthis of Yemen. The United States
00:17:41fears a rapid escalation of hostilities, strong
00:17:45explosions resonated in the Saudi capital twice yesterday
00:17:48near a fuel depot, yet the logo of the
00:17:51Saudi oil giant Aramco is less
00:17:55near the airport.
00:18:00The standoff between the United States and Iran intensified over the reopening
00:18:04of the Strait of Hormuz. In the Iranian camp, Tehran's chief
00:18:08negotiator affirmed today that his country had transmitted its conditions
00:18:12to the United States for the reopening of this strategic maritime
00:18:15corridor. The Iranian conditions had been transmitted to the
00:18:18United States via Qatar, mediator of the conflict, and would
00:18:22be based, according to Iranian officials, on the end of the war on all
00:18:25fronts, the unblocking of frozen Iranian funds and the lifting
00:18:29of the American naval blockade. According to Mohammed
00:18:32Berlibaf, as long as these conditions are not met and
00:18:36commitments are not respected, it will be
00:18:39impossible to return to the situation prior to the negotiations and to
00:18:43the and to the opening of the
00:18:44strait.
00:18:49Back to Morocco, gourmets, these 6 dishes will delight your taste
00:18:53buds, a prestigious Parisian culinary school made a stop this
00:18:56week at the Mohammed VI Tower in Rabat, on the menu,
00:19:00unprecedented demonstrations around the classics of Moroccan culinary
00:19:03art at the crossroads of great refinement.