Bobby Ghosh, Columnist

Germany Pays for Europe’s Hypocrisy Over Morocco

The EU’s most powerful member can’t signal virtue over the Western Sahara while doing business with Rabat.

March 2, 2021 at 2:35 PM UTC

Bobby Ghosh is a senior editor in the digital weekend team. Previously, he was a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, where he wrote mostly about international affairs and culture.

Things have changed between Morocco and Germany.
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Relations between Morocco and Germany, its seventh-largest trading partner, have turned acrimonious. The details of the latest diplomatic spat are murky, but so far it’s been reported that Morocco is either suspending ties with the German government or freezing out the German embassy.

Neither side has yet provided clarity on the contretemps.