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Everything we have written since the 23 September 2026 elections.

Budget

The finance minister, who runs the football federation: football isn't politics

An answer, mid-budget debate, to a question about the academy of a club chaired by a minister.

Budget

A promise that moved: income tax makes it into the budget

We count the balwaras, but also what moves forward. This time there's something good to say.

Budget

"From now on" means 2030: social promises move to instalments

Minimum pension of 1,700 dirhams in 2027, direct aid of 600 dirhams. The big numbers come later.

Parliament

207 on paper, 204 in the ballot box: where did the other three go?

The government won its confidence vote easily. There's just a small remainder in the maths.

Government

"Preserving the abyss": the government programme sits a reading test

When the written speech turns out harder than the promises inside it.

Government

Minister for 48 hours: is there a sieve before the appointment?

Appointed on the 16th, out on the 18th. The question isn't about the person, it's about the sieve.

Government

New government, first question: haven't we met?

11 members of the new government were in the old one. The AI ministry, at least, is new.

Parliament

90 spoiled ballots to elect the Speaker: is voting that hard?

MPs voted, and nearly one ballot in four didn't count.

Parties

Five years together in government, and in the end: RNI out

The new majority was built without the old ally, and with parties from the opposition.

Government

First woman to head the government: this one isn't a balwara

We give history its due. Then we start the counter.

Elections

Morocco's biggest party: people who didn't go to vote

38.08% took part. The rest form the largest bloc, with no headquarters and no secretary-general.

Elections

The election elevator: RNI down 36, PJD up 41

The 2026 results show what Morocco does with its parties every five years.