The spokesman for the Moroccan House of Representatives Rachid Talbi Alami said in a statement that the Moroccan Parliament had decided to “reconsider” its relationship with the European Parliament.
The EU foreign chief is in the unenviable position to have to consider the vital importance of Morocco, now implicated in the EU corruption scandal, to the bloc’s economy.
While main suspect Eva Kaili gets most of the attention, the corruption case’s wider ripple effect, particularly in diplomatic relations with the major energy supplier, is making itself felt.
Amidst talk of a victory for Muslims in general, vulgar ethnic resentment against Europeans on the part of rioters can pretend to stem from a principled opposition to secular, liberal postmodernity.
Brussels witnessed fireworks raining down on its streets, as some among the Moroccan supporters began throwing rocks at police officers. Some of the fireworks were even discharged horizontally, used as projectiles.
