Unions are very fashionable these days... Just ask Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez he's keen on a South American Union. Asia is organising itself and of course every country in Europe wants to be part of the European Union. So, what about the Maghreb Union? - Despite ringing appeals for unity, the North African nations known as the Maghreb - "the place where the sun seats" - seem to be drifting apart. Others have described it as "a paper camel".
Ethnic and religious bonds notwithstanding, their planned union is plagued by such strong divisive factors as different ideologies, political cultures and attitudes toward Islamic fundamentalism, as well as frontier disputes.
Initially, Maghreb was a term used to describe the former French protectorates of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria - the latter was considered to be part of France until its 1962 independence. Now, the organisation, which was stablished in 1989, the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), includes Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya
Building the Maghreb Union is not only a choice but also a strategic necessity for the development of our countries, according to the Chair of the Economic and Finance Committee of the Moroccan parliament, Mustapha Hanine, at the opening session of the IMF Microeconomic Policy Seminar for Parliamentarians from the Maghreb Region.
Chair of the Economic and Finance Committee of the Moroccan parliament, Mustapha Hanine.Organised by the International monetary fund (IMF) in the Moroccan House of Representatives, the seminar gathered parliamentarians from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, along with IMF officials.
This seminar is “an important opportunity for exchanging views and expertise of the macroeconomic policies, economic development and the current reform programmes in the Maghreb countries,” said Hanine.
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