Let's say that Morocco was accepted into the EU, when it applied in 1987. What would Morocco, and the EU, be like now? Would Morocco have reached first world status?
Morocco is not a democratic country,why should it be accepted into the EU.
Is there any chance that some European country would cede a square centimeter of land to Morocco to make it European?
As i said before the main reason Morocco was not allowed,is the fact that it was and is a semi-absolutist monarchy,Cyprus is also not in Europe and was allowed.
As i said before the main reason Morocco was not allowed,is the fact that it was and is a semi-absolutist monarchy,Cyprus is also not in Europe and was allowed.
And Liechtenstein isn't? The constitution there was recently changed to allow the Grand Duke such powers as he is virtually an absolute monarch. He threatened to quit the country if the vote wasn't passed. The country has received several invites to join the EU, but has turned them all down.
Sargon
So if he can dissolve the parliament he's a despot and Lichtenstein is ruled by Prince not a Grand Duke.
Still not very democratic though, ne c'est pas?
Yes, you are quite right, Prince.
Still if the EU have no trouble with him, then they should have little trouble with other such states. Or perhaps they are just hypocrites.
Sargon
The President of France can also dissolve the parliament and nobody calls for France to be kicked out.
Read this, in order to see the extent of authoritarianism in Morocco
EDIT: BlackMage, that optimism amuses me. Why would Algeria, Libya, or Mauritania suddenly say "Oh look, Moroccco is doing it, let's go copy them!!" Morocco's neighbors hate Morocco, and while they are ore liberal than Moroco now, I can'yt see them copying their enemy. Did Nazi Germany suddenly make France Fascist? No. Or Repubican France and Germany?