Relationship dossier
Morocco
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation coexists with recurring disagreements over social security and political criticism.
Morocco toward Kingdom of the Netherlands
+15Morocco has engaged in bilateral cooperation with the Netherlands on migration and security. The relationship has also faced friction over social-security arrangements and Dutch criticism of Morocco’s response to protests in the Rif region.
Kingdom of the Netherlands toward Morocco
+15The Netherlands has cooperated with Morocco on migration and security and negotiated changes to bilateral social-security arrangements. Dutch criticism of Morocco’s handling of protests in the Rif region has contributed to political friction.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes practical cooperation on migration and security, but disputes over social-security arrangements and political criticism have periodically strained ties. These features support a generally cooperative but not close bilateral relationship.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Morocco and the Netherlands have maintained practical cooperation, including on migration and security, alongside disputes over social-security arrangements and Dutch criticism of Morocco’s handling of protests in the Rif region. The relationship combines substantive areas of cooperation with periodic political friction.
Areas of tension
- Disputes over changes to social-security benefits affecting people in Morocco.
- Moroccan objections to Dutch criticism of the authorities’ response to Rif-region protests.
Key developments
The two governments negotiated changes to their social-security arrangements, amid disagreement over benefit reductions affecting recipients in Morocco.
Political tensions arose after Dutch criticism of Morocco’s response to protests in the Rif region.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation on migration and security are unclear.
- The current practical effects of changes to bilateral social-security arrangements are unclear.