The programme is structured, costed and focused on social and economic priorities inside Morocco. For Moroccans living abroad, however, the picture is more limited.
PAM has taken a meaningful political step by raising the question of effective electoral participation for MREs. But in the public documents reviewed by MMNEWS, the diaspora is not yet treated as a stand-alone policy pillar, with detailed commitments on voting, consular services, investment, pensions or returning to Morocco.
A national programme built around five priorities
PAM promises job creation, youth integration, vocational training, housing support, public-service reform and a minimum public-sector pension of MAD 3,000.
These measures may matter to MRE families: for someone planning a return, supporting relatives in Morocco or helping a child study or work there.
But MMNEWS draws a necessary distinction. A national measure that an MRE may benefit from is not automatically a policy designed for Moroccans abroad.
PAM’s clearest MRE signal: electoral participation
In June 2025, PAM MP Nadia Bzendfa questioned the Interior Minister about practical measures to ensure effective participation by Moroccans abroad in elections, both as voters and candidates from their countries of residence.
That matters.
It acknowledges that MRE citizenship is not limited to remittances or summer visits. It directly raises the issue of their ability to take part in Morocco’s public life.
The parliamentary initiative is not, by itself, an electoral reform. It does not specify a voting method, a legal timetable or a particular institutional model. But it gives PAM a political foundation that it could build on during the campaign.
An opening on voting, but no complete proposal yet
For the 2026 election, registered MRE voters can create a proxy online, but the ballot itself is cast in Morocco by the person they appoint.
PAM has called for practical measures to enable effective participation. Yet MMNEWS found no detailed commitment in the party’s 2026 platform on:
- direct voting at consulates;
- electronic voting;
- dedicated overseas constituencies;
- specific parliamentary representation for MREs; or
- a clear system for registration and candidacy from abroad.
PAM has opened the discussion. It still needs to state which reform it supports.
Youth, jobs and culture: possible bridges for a new generation
Youth integration is one of PAM’s central priorities. The party proposes training, reskilling and first-job programmes, alongside continued development of the Amazigh language.
These priorities may speak to younger Moroccans abroad, especially those considering study, work or entrepreneurship in Morocco.
But the platform does not yet set out measures tailored to them: internships in Morocco, university mobility, professional summer programmes, support for dual-national graduates or structured partnerships with diaspora associations. The potential is there. The bridge remains to be built.
Investment and diaspora talent: a broad ambition, no dedicated mechanism
PAM promotes inclusive growth, employment and sustainable development. Those goals can naturally concern Moroccan entrepreneurs and investors abroad.
However, MMNEWS did not identify a dedicated MRE mechanism in the published platform: no specific one-stop shop, guarantee scheme, administrative fast track or detailed plan to mobilise Moroccan researchers, engineers, doctors and entrepreneurs based overseas.
This is an area where the party could turn its wider economic vision into a concrete offer for the diaspora.
Consulates, pensions and return: key issues still awaiting commitments
MRE concerns are often practical: consular procedures, civil-status documents, social-security rights, cross-border pensions, taxation, family administration and retirement in Morocco.
PAM’s programme includes social commitments and an ambition to improve public services. It does not yet explain how these would respond to the distinct realities of citizens living abroad.
The question is not whether these issues matter. They do. The question is whether PAM will turn them into identifiable commitments for 2026–31.
MMNEWS MRE Score: 18%
| MMNEWS criterion | Weight | PAM score |
|---|---|---|
| Voting and political participation | 15% | 7% |
| Parliamentary representation | 10% | 0% |
| Consular services and administration | 10% | 0% |
| Investment and entrepreneurship | 20% | 3% |
| Savings and remittances | 10% | 0% |
| Pensions and social protection | 10% | 0% |
| Return and resettlement in Morocco | 10% | 1% |
| New generations, language and culture | 5% | 3% |
| Mobilising MRE skills | 10% | 4% |
| TOTAL | 100% | 18% |
Why 18%?
PAM earns most of its points for a concrete political initiative: raising effective MRE electoral participation in Parliament.
It also receives limited credit for national priorities that could benefit young diaspora members, future returnees and Moroccan professionals abroad.
The score remains low because the 2026 platform does not yet translate those directions into MRE-specific commitments. This is not a final judgment on PAM. It is an assessment of the public programme currently available.
MMNEWS’s question to PAM
PAM has already raised an essential question: how can Moroccans abroad participate fully in the political life of their country?
The next step is now clear. Will the party set out a dedicated MRE roadmap covering voting, representation, investment, consular services, social rights, return and younger generations?
PAM has a credible political opening. If it turns it into clear and workable commitments, its MRE score can change significantly during the campaign.
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