MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 30/10/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome to Medea TV. Thank you for joining us for the main news.
00:22Here are the headlines of this newscast.
00:25The official map of the Kingdom of Morocco, including its Sahara, was published on the official website of the Quai d'Orsay.
00:32Emmanuel Macron claimed that the present and the future of the Sahara are in the framework of Moroccan sovereignty.
00:40His Majesty King Mohammed VI offered yesterday evening at the Arabian Royal Palace an official dinner in honor of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte Macron.
00:51Nearly 100 people, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.
00:57Details of the announcement of the Palestinian authorities in a moment.
01:03And we open this newscast with the visit of the French President to Morocco.
01:07His Majesty King Mohammed VI, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Eritre Moulay el-Hassan, his Royal Highness Prince Moulay el-Hirshid, and their Royal Highnesses, Princesses Elha Khadija, Lalla Maryam, Lalla Ismail, Lalla Hasna,
01:30offered on Tuesday at the Arabian Royal Palace an official dinner in honor of the President of the French Republic.
01:36Upon his arrival at the Royal Palace, Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife, reviewed a detachment of the Royal Guard that rendered the honors.
01:44They were invited to dinner, including the head of the government, the presidents of the two chambers of parliament, the advisers of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, members of the government, members of the French delegation, and several civil and military personalities.
02:00In the context of the impulse given to the national cause by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the official map of the Kingdom of Morocco, integrating its Sahara, was published on the official website of the Quai d'Orsay.
02:25This decision intervenes in the seal of the letter that the French president addressed to the sovereign, in which Emmanuel Macron affirmed that the present and the future of the Sahara are inscribed in the framework of Moroccan sovereignty, as well as the interviews that His Majesty King Mohammed VI had on Monday in Rabat with the head of the French state.
02:45And on this occasion, Jean-Noël Barrault, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, confirmed the publication of the official map of Morocco on the website of the Quai d'Orsay, and I suggest you listen to it.
02:54And we have joined the acts at the word, and I have the pleasure to announce that the map of Morocco has been updated and put online on the website of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs an hour ago.
03:07Our operators and our companies will support the development of these territories through investments, sustainable and solidarity initiatives for the benefit of local populations.
03:16Our ambassador will go there next week. We will increase our consular and cultural action in view of the creation of a French alliance.
03:26Several agreements were concluded yesterday in Rabat between Moroccan and French institutions, relating to public and private sectors.
03:32The institutional agreements include an agreement protocol between the Moroccan Authority of the Capital Market and the Authority of Financial Markets,
03:39a letter of intent for a price of 25 million euros from the French Development Agency in the region of Guilmim-Oued Noun to finance its regional development plan.
03:49These agreements also include another letter of intent for a support of 100 million euros to the development plan of the Casablanca-Stade region in preparation for the World Cup 2030.
04:02This meeting was particularly important in the context of the visit of the French President.
04:06We listen to this speech of Chacky Blailech, President of the CGEM, and Patrick Martin, President of MEDEF.
04:12The entrepreneurial meeting that we have organized today has drawn a clear and ambitious line on the future relationship that we want between the Moroccan economy and the French economy.
04:23We want a win-win relationship that is also renewed and that is win-win and green, because we want to introduce a lot more decarbonization in our industry.
04:38Now, this relationship must also take into account the extraordinary advances that our country has made in recent years, thanks to the vision of His Majesty the King, may God assist him.
04:48As President of MEDEF, the French equivalent of the CGEM, 200,000 companies, 10 million employees, I am absolutely overwhelmed,
04:58because this forum is in a way dedicated to all the work that Moroccan and French companies have continued to do in recent years and recent months,
05:07but it is above all an extraordinary acceleration, there are many shared projects.
05:12So I am very happy that the patronage movements have contributed to the prosperity and friendship between our two great countries.
05:22Emmanuel Macron was present at the Moroccan-French entrepreneurial meeting and said that the two countries are now committed to a Made with Morocco.
05:31On this mutual commitment, we listen to the explanations of Hassan Arafi, a professor of public finance at the Faculty of Economic and Social Law, Mohamed V of Rabat.
05:40Indeed, as you know, this is a challenge for the Moroccan economy, that is to say that Morocco has opted for the path of industrialization of its economy.
05:50Made with Morocco means that we will need infrastructures that allow creativity, that allow us to move forward in the direction of strong value-added investments.
06:07And of course, France expresses its willingness to cooperate with Morocco so that it can have its own industrial products with a total integration of 100%, why not.
06:24We have already seen the automotive sector, which started only with the assembly, now it has reached an important level in terms of industrial integration.
06:35This is also the reason why we have seen that the university is omnipresent in this seat of cooperation,
06:45given that we cannot imagine Made in Morocco in the absence of scientific research and development.
06:52And I think the two partners are aware of this dimension so that Morocco is here at a higher level.
07:02His Royal Highness Princess Leylah Meriem, President of the National Observatory of Children's Rights,
07:06and Brigitte Macron proceeded yesterday at the launch of the campaign of struggle against harassment in the school environment and cyber-harassment initiated by the UN under the sign Let's act together.
07:16This campaign, led under the impulse of His Royal Highness Princess Leylah Meriem,
07:20testifies to the determination of Morocco to protect its children against school harassment, a global scourge that requires the commitment of all.
07:31His Royal Highness Princess Leylah Meriem, President of the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, and Brigitte Macron visited this Tuesday the Botanical Garden of Rabat.
07:50Her arrival, Brigitte Macron, was welcomed by His Royal Highness Princess Leylah Meriem,
07:55before going over the tone of the auxiliary forces that made the honors.
07:58On this occasion, His Royal Highness and Brigitte Macron followed a presentation of the different actions undertaken by the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment.
08:07On this occasion, His Royal Highness Princess Leylah Meriem, followed a presentation of the different actions undertaken by the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment.
08:20His Royal Highness Princess Leylah Meriem, accompanied by Brigitte Macron, proceeded this Tuesday at the inauguration of the Rabat Royal Theater,
08:27a structuring project that reinforces the ecosystem of the light city, the cultural capital of Morocco.
08:33After unveiling the commemorative plaque, His Royal Highness Princess Leylah Meriem, accompanied by Brigitte Macron,
08:38followed a presentation on the interior architecture of the theater before carrying out a tour in the different departments.
08:45This iconic building is intended as a concretization of the high royal solicitude that is constantly manifested towards art and culture.
09:03In the north of the Gaza Strip, nearly 100 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli strike on Tuesday.
09:18Local rescuers said that 40 people are still in the rubble.
09:22Explanations with Sheyma Fikri.
09:25It is another murderous strike that hit the family residence of Abu Nasser, a five-story family building in Beit Lahya,
09:34north of the Gaza Strip, causing several dozen deaths.
09:38We are used to the fact that Israel disturbs the situation at the last minute.
09:42Most people were pessimistic about the prospect of negotiations, because this happens too often.
09:48There have been many attempts at dialogue and negotiations in the past, but to the general surprise, the situation ended up deteriorating.
09:57After negotiations on Monday in Qatar involving Israelis and Americans on an agreement to release hostages,
10:04Israeli authorities have announced that discussions will continue in the coming days between the mediators and Hamas.
10:11We have been moving for more than a year, hoping for peace, but the agreement has been broken and the period of negotiations has been extended.
10:22Now we no longer trust the negotiations and the parties involved in the negotiations, because only civilians pay the price.
10:31While the Palestinian territory besieged is a victim of a humanitarian disaster,
10:37the Israeli parliament has adopted a law prohibiting the activities of UNRWA in Gaza,
10:42a decision that alarmed several European capitals and UN organizations.
10:49In Spain, emergency services found 51 bodies in the Valencia region, east of the country,
10:54affected by torrential rains that caused floods,
10:57announced this Tuesday the regional authorities.
11:00The Dana storm, which hit the country since Monday, caused the closure of several ports,
11:04cuts in road and railway traffic and disruptions in public transport, especially in Valencia and Indalusia.
11:11Spanish authorities said on Tuesday that seven people had been taken and disappeared,
11:15including one in Alcudia, in the Valencia region, and six in the neighboring province.
11:24Let's now look at the US presidential election.
11:41Kamala Harris accuses Donald Trump of wanting unlimited power in Washington.
11:45In a very solemn speech, the Democratic candidate stated that Donald Trump was unstable,
11:49obsessed with revenge, riled by resentment and in search of unlimited power.
11:54More than 75,000 people attended Kamala Harris' speech in Washington.
11:59This election campaign, full of upheavals, takes place in an atmosphere of extreme tension
12:04and a deafening fear of violence after Donald Trump was targeted by two assassination attempts.
12:09Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet this Wednesday, both in the state of Wisconsin.
12:19So how do you think the chances are of each one of them to win votes in this state?
12:24We asked Pierre-Louis Raymond, a political analyst. Here is his answer.
12:29It's also the problem of the states that we have a hard time defining what can happen,
12:34because on the one hand you have states that are traditionally of your Republican, of your Democrat,
12:38but on the other hand you also have the Twin States, states where we will see that at the last moment
12:43the election will win in favor of one of the two candidates.
12:46Whether it's Wisconsin or North Carolina, it's a little bit the same specification,
12:53with the idea of always derogating an enrichment of old political practices,
13:00political practices that will have to, for Kamala Harris, show that they no longer take place
13:06because they are disconnected from the concerns of young people,
13:09because they are disconnected from new technologies,
13:11because they are disconnected from unemployment,
13:13because they are disconnected from employment,
13:16because they are disconnected from the aspirations of minority communities
13:20to be represented as full-time Americans.
13:24The question of immigration is also a question.
13:27The Grand Lakes region is also a region that is traditionally based on a electorate
13:33that is rather acquired because of a defense of the American identity,
13:39of the traditional identity, of the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant identity,
13:44which is not an identity that is based on an integration of minorities,
13:51as we could see, for example, in the states of the West, like in California.
13:56So again, like in North Carolina, there is a real challenge for Harris and his team,
14:02and it is obvious that, as we have seen in Texas,
14:07Trump and Harris are at the same time in the same state
14:12to try to display in a concomitant way not only a project for the well-being of Americans,
14:19but also an image of a campaign aimed at seducing the population of these states.
14:25Joe Biden was under the fire of criticism from Donald Trump and Republicans
14:29for having presumably qualified the support of the former president, I quote, of Ordu.
14:35The American president criticized the statements denounced as racist by a humorist
14:39who spoke at a Donald Trump meeting in New York,
14:42comparing Puerto Rico to an island, I quote, floating in Ordu.
14:46Joe Biden later wrote on X, the former Twitter, that in his words,
14:50Ordu designated the hateful rhetoric of the speaker at the Donald Trump meeting
14:55and not the support of the former American president.
14:59Today, I want America...
15:29The political parties in Nice are the Democratic Party of Botswana,
15:32in power under the leadership of President Mokwisi Masisi,
15:36the Patriotic Front, the Congress Party and the Coalition for Democratic Change.
15:41The Democratic Party of Botswana has been leading the country since its independence in 1966.
15:46It had won more than 52% of the votes in the 2019 legislative elections
15:51in front of the Coalition for Democratic Change,
15:54which had collected more than 35% of the votes.
16:00An Australian parliamentary delegation saluted this Tuesday
16:04the development dynamics of the region.
16:07Members of the parliamentary delegation followed the presentations
16:10and made field visits to learn about the region's potential
16:14and the infrastructures it has in various socio-economic sectors.
16:18Explanations with Naaman Malainin.
16:22An Australian parliamentary delegation started this Tuesday
16:25an official visit to the South of Morocco
16:28to assess the possibilities of cooperation and investment in this region in full growth.
16:34This visit allows the delegation to examine the political, economic and social aspects of the UN,
16:40marking an additional step in strengthening diplomatic ties between Morocco and Australia.
16:52Australia is far from Morocco.
16:54This is why we aspire to develop better and new good relations.
16:58I think Australia has a lot to learn from Morocco.
17:02This delegation does not represent the entire Australian government,
17:06but only represents Morocco's friends within the Australian Parliament.
17:10But what is certain is that Morocco is very inspiring for us,
17:13because we consider it the most democratic Arab country in the world.
17:17And besides, the whole world has a lot to learn from the Kingdom of Morocco.
17:21Finally, we congratulate ourselves on the incentive measures to invest in the region of the Red Crescent,
17:27and we have the ambition to work together to raise the level of economic relations between the two countries.
17:36On this occasion, members of the delegation followed a presentation
17:40focused on the Regional Development Programme at the Council of the Region,
17:44and were informed of the various development projects
17:47under the New Development Model of the Southern Provinces,
17:50launched by King Mohammed VI in 2015.
17:58The Australian Parliamentary Delegation has taken note of the notable development in the region,
18:03in line with the enlightened vision of His Majesty,
18:06whether at the human level and its formation,
18:09or at the level of the development of the region and its transformation,
18:12in an attractive destination for investors.
18:15This is what interests the delegation,
18:18which considers that the Kingdom is a pioneering Arab-African country,
18:22and the gateway to Africa.
18:24A country with all the important ingredients for investment,
18:27namely qualified workforce, adequate and advanced infrastructure,
18:31and we also have several common points with Australia,
18:34whether in renewable energies, weather, and agriculture,
18:38in particular Camel and Oven farming.
18:42The visit of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation
18:45is an important step to deepen bilateral partnership
18:48between Morocco and Australia,
18:50because it allows the delegation to familiarise itself
18:53in advance with the development and stability it testifies to.
18:57This visit is also an opportunity to consolidate cooperation
19:01and open common development horizons that benefit both countries.
19:05And now it's time to invite him to the big news.
19:10And to draw up a first assessment of the state visit
19:13carried out by the French President at the invitation of His Majesty,
19:16the King Mohammed VI,
19:18we are live from Rabat with Mohamed Chkoundi,
19:20a specialist in governance and development in Africa
19:23at the University of Mohamed V in Rabat.
19:25Hello.
19:27Hello, thank you for the invitation.
19:29Hello, thank you for the invitation.
19:32His Majesty the King Mohammed VI and the French President
19:35presided over this Tuesday the signing ceremony of several agreements
19:38between Morocco and France.
19:40So what will be the contribution of these 22 agreements
19:43signed in strengthening economic and commercial relations
19:46between the two countries?
19:49It must be said that it is the visit of President Macron
19:52and his warm welcome that has been reserved for him
19:55by His Majesty the King
19:58shows the will of the two countries to move forward.
20:01To move forward,
20:03taking advantage of their historical relations
20:06and trying, through the signing of the agreement and convention panel,
20:09to open a new page,
20:11to open a new book,
20:13that is to say, in the deepening of relations,
20:16these relations that first aim to mutualize
20:19the development models of the two countries.
20:22This is a first in terms of cooperation
20:26between an African country and a power,
20:29a power like the image of France.
20:32So there will be a mutualization in terms of development.
20:35And so when we try to do a quick reading
20:38of all the agreements and conventions signed,
20:41first there is the framework agreement,
20:43that is to say, what is called the partnership
20:46between France and Morocco,
20:48which is now qualified as an exceptionally strengthened partnership.
20:52This shows France's interest in strengthening
20:55its multidimensional relations with Morocco.
20:58And also we see an exceptional partnership.
21:01This also suggests the importance
21:04that will be given to the promising sector,
21:07to the sector of the future in terms of the development
21:10of the two countries,
21:12in relation to the strengthening of the competitiveness of the two countries,
21:15because there are sectors such as renewable energies.
21:19And we know that we are in an international context
21:22marked by geopolitical tensions,
21:25energy tensions,
21:28and above all the rise in the power of concerns
21:31or public policies in relation to everything
21:34that is energy transition.
21:37So the contribution of this partnership,
21:40first of all, is in terms of co-development.
21:43That is to say, there are first principles.
21:47There is no interference in relation to foreign policy.
21:50Equality, and this is unique,
21:53shows that we are witnessing a reprogramming
21:56in terms of partnerships
21:59between France and Africa,
22:02and I mean particularly between France and Morocco.
22:05So in terms of sectoral contribution,
22:08we know that Morocco is engaged in structural projects
22:11in terms of energy transition,
22:14that is to say, it becomes a country,
22:17not only an African model, but an international model
22:20in terms of constant efforts
22:23in relation to sustainable development,
22:26in relation to all that is production of clean energy.
22:29There is also Morocco, which occupies an important place
22:32from a geopolitical point of view,
22:35in terms of maritime competitiveness,
22:38construction sites related to agriculture,
22:41and also a kind of expansion of spaces,
22:44because it was recognized by President Macron
22:47during his speech yesterday in front of the members of the two chambers.
22:50Morocco becomes an inspiring force
22:53in relation to all that is project or initiative
22:56likely to promote peace and security.
22:59So in addition to a bilateralism
23:02that is likely to help the two countries
23:05to reach their objectives,
23:08I want to say that this co-industrialization
23:11is also new because there are several areas,
23:14as I just said, there are renewable energies,
23:17there is agriculture, the adaptation of agriculture to climate change,
23:20there is green finance, research and development,
23:23the circulation of human resources,
23:26which can irrigate the two countries with their talents.
23:29This is also a novelty, it is important,
23:32and on top of that, there is a cooperation
23:35in Africa to continue
23:38to support this Moroccan dynamic
23:41which consists of investing in other countries of the continent,
23:44while putting forward a new approach
23:47to promote peace and security,
23:50an approach that is based, as we often say,
23:53on the cryptic peace, security and development.
23:56And so the two, in the partnership too,
23:59we see a little bit of this will to not
24:02leave spaces, I take the idea again,
24:05because the partnership between Morocco and France
24:08opens both on Africa and Europe
24:11for, why not, President Macron
24:14talked about it, about a community of destiny
24:17between France and Morocco and a community of destiny
24:20between Europe and Africa.
24:23So precisely, there is a strategic meeting
24:26held in Rabat, Moroccan and French economic operators.
24:30What are the objectives
24:33by this initiative to which the French President
24:36also concerns the process
24:39of Made with Morocco?
24:42First of all,
24:45it is a recognition, President Macron said it yesterday,
24:48it is a recognition, first of all, of the efforts
24:51by France, of the efforts made by Morocco
24:54in its development model. Morocco, it must be said,
24:57is an inspiring force in terms of the efforts
25:00made. Morocco, since the accession of His Majesty
25:03the King to the throne, has ceased to put in place
25:06a multidimensional development model.
25:09This multidimensional development model
25:12has produced an accumulation,
25:15a multidimensional accumulation in strategic areas
25:18that interest Africa,
25:21France, I mean.
25:24Domains such as infrastructures,
25:27when we talk about the highway, that is,
25:30fast trains, it means that this highway
25:33will play an important role in relation to everything
25:36that reinforces connectivity
25:39and, therefore, competitiveness.
25:42We also know that Morocco will host
25:45the World Cup in 2030,
25:48in addition to the African Nations Cup.
25:51As far as logistics are concerned,
25:54French entrepreneurs want to support
25:57this dynamic. In addition to these sectors,
26:00we saw yesterday sectors related to all that is
26:03clean energy production, I have spoken about it,
26:06especially the wind, the hydrogen.
26:09France considers it vital, Morocco too.
26:12So the country shares, from an economic point of view,
26:15a lot of concerns on the basis of which
26:18the French Development Agency is being founded,
26:21and it can only be beneficial for both countries,
26:24or even beyond, because the idea behind it is
26:27to work together, co-construct in terms of
26:30localization, in terms of setting up
26:33industrial platforms. We saw the
26:36signing of an agreement with Safran to set up
26:39an industrial repair zone for everything that is
26:42aircraft engine. We will also see that the French
26:45companies, that is, first the Moroccan
26:48investors, the French investors,
26:51will be able to invest in veto sectors,
26:54including in the southern provinces.
26:57And so it's a win-win partnership
27:00that brings out the sectors of the future
27:03as well. We have heard about the
27:06digital economy, renewable energies, I have already
27:09spoken about it, agriculture and the adaptation of agriculture
27:12and the idea behind it is also to make sure
27:15that all this is supported on
27:18an ecosystem of human resources training
27:21in relation to the future. So it's a promising
27:24partnership that could only bring
27:27very beneficial results for both countries.
27:30Well, thank you Mohamed Chkoundi for all these
27:33clarifications. I remind you that you are a specialist in governance
27:36and development in Africa at the University of Mohamed V in Rabat.
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