Keywords: PAM


Morocco’s 2027 budget faces test of PAM’s economic promises

Morocco’s 2027 finance bill is emerging as the first major economic test for the country’s new political configuration. With the draft budget required to reach Parliament by October 20, the incoming government faces a narrow window to translate the election campaign’s promises into......

Tangier Mayor Mounir Laymouri Jailed Amid Electoral Fraud Investigation

The mayor of Tangier, Mounir Laymouri, has been placed in custody as part of a preliminary investigation into suspected electoral fraud, adding a new legal dimension to a case that emerged during Morocco’s legislative elections on September 23. Laymouri and an accountant working for his company......

Morocco coalition talks enter decisive phase as major parties back government participation

Morocco’s post-election government formation process has entered a more consequential stage, with several major political parties now having clarified their willingness to join the next governing coalition. The latest decisions by the National Rally of Independents (RNI) and the Istiqlal Party......

PAM faces difficult alliance talks after legislative election victory

The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has entered a sensitive phase following its victory in Morocco’s September 23 legislative elections, with negotiations over the next governing majority set to test the party’s ability to reconcile competing views within its own ranks. The party’s......

Istiqlal backs participation in Morocco’s next government

The Istiqlal Party has formally opted to join Morocco’s next government, giving its leadership a mandate to continue negotiations with the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) over the formation of the new governing majority. The decision was approved unanimously by the party’s National......

RNI signals readiness to join Morocco’s next government

Morocco’s National Rally of Independents (RNI) has formally opened the door to participation in the country’s next government, following an extraordinary session of its National Council in Rabat on Saturday. The party’s governing body authorized its president, Mohamed Chaouki, to oversee......

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri reviews party consultations ahead of government coalition talks

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri is moving into the next phase of efforts to form Morocco’s new government, with coalition options expected to become clearer as several major political parties convene their national decision-making bodies on Saturday. The head of government-designate and coordinator......

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri: from Marrakech mayor to Morocco’s first woman Head of Government

Morocco has entered a new political chapter with the appointment of Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Head of Government, making her the first woman to occupy the position in the country’s history. King Mohammed VI appointed El Mansouri on 29 September 2026 at the Royal Palace in Rabat and tasked her......

PAM freezes Mounir Limouri’s membership amid Tangier election investigation

The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has frozen the membership of Mounir Limouri across all of its organizational structures, placing one of its senior local figures at the center of a widening dispute surrounding the September 23, 2026 legislative vote in Tanger-Assilah. The decision was announced......