MMNEWS continues its election programme monitor with the Moroccan Greens Party (PVM). This is not an assessment of the party’s entire platform or electoral prospects. It measures only the attention given to Moroccans living abroad and the specificity of the commitments affecting them.
MMNEWS diaspora score: 58%
The PVM stands out on a central issue: how Moroccans abroad could exercise their political rights from their countries of residence. While several parties support diaspora participation in principle, the Greens outline a set of identifiable mechanisms.
In an electoral reform memorandum submitted in 2025 ahead of the 2026 election, the party proposed constituencies reserved for overseas Moroccans. Seats would be allocated according to the number of voters in host countries. If that model proved impractical, the PVM offered a fallback: diaspora seats on national or regional lists.
The party also advocated secure electronic voting platforms alongside in-person voting at consulates. The combination gives its proposal an unusual strength: it connects representation with the act of voting.
From a constitutional right to an electoral design
Article 17 of Morocco’s Constitution recognises full citizenship rights for Moroccans abroad, including the right to vote and stand for election. The long-running question is how those rights can be exercised from outside Morocco.
The PVM’s proposal addresses that question directly. It identifies an electoral territory — host countries —, an allocation principle — voter numbers — and two participation channels — digital voting and consulates.
A complete reform would still need to define the total number of seats, constituency boundaries, voter registration, candidate filing, election oversight, data protection and campaigning rules abroad.
Even so, the direction is clear enough to be debated and tested. On the MMNEWS criteria for political participation and parliamentary representation, the PVM therefore receives one of the strongest assessments in this series.
Consulates as polling places, but not yet a wider service reform
Using consulates as polling stations is a practical component of the proposal. It preserves a physical option for voters who cannot or do not wish to use a digital platform.
The public sources reviewed, however, do not reveal an equivalent plan for everyday consular reform: document-delivery times, appointments, complaints, legal assistance or end-to-end digital services.
The party is therefore specific about the electoral role of consulates but less detailed about their administrative role.
A green identity with potential for investment and return projects
The PVM’s broader programme puts environmental protection, sustainability and fairness at the centre of its platform. Its established positions include natural-resource protection, pollution control, the green economy, support for small businesses and cooperatives, and the preservation of cultural heritage.
For Moroccans abroad, this creates an original opening. It could support return and investment projects in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, water management, ecological housing, territorial development and the circular economy.
Potential is not the same as a diaspora measure. To qualify as a specific MRE policy, the programme would need dedicated access to finance, administrative support, guarantees, regional partnerships and measurable targets for overseas project holders.
A 2026 platform without an accessible consolidated diaspora chapter
The PVM presented the main themes of its 2026 election programme in public media in May. In late August, its federal council also announced the approval of candidate lists and continued electoral mobilisation.
At the cut-off point for this review, MMNEWS had not identified a complete, downloadable official document bringing all diaspora commitments together in a single chapter.
That does not mean the party has no programme. It means the score can reflect only material that is public, attributable and verifiable. For the PVM, the available evidence is strong on voting and representation, but thinner on the other day-to-day concerns of Moroccans abroad.
The nine-criterion MMNEWS assessment
| Criterion | Weight | Points | MMNEWS assessment |
| Political participation and voting | 15% | 15 | Secure e-voting and ballots in consulates |
| Parliamentary representation | 10% | 10 | Diaspora constituencies with a list-based fallback |
| Consular and administrative services | 10% | 7 | Clear electoral role; limited administrative reform |
| Investment and entrepreneurship | 20% | 8 | Green-economy base without a dedicated diaspora scheme |
| Savings and remittances | 10% | 2 | No sufficiently documented specific instrument |
| Pensions and social protection | 10% | 3 | Broad social direction; few cross-border measures |
| Return and resettlement | 10% | 4 | Genuine ecological potential; no defined return mechanism |
| Younger generations, language and culture | 5% | 4 | Heritage and cultural plurality in the party’s platform |
| Mobilising diaspora expertise | 10% | 5 | Political participation supported; talent strategy needs detail |
| Total | 100% | 58 | MMNEWS diaspora score: 58% |
Why the score is 58%
The result is driven primarily by the quality of the PVM’s citizenship proposal. The party does more than state that Moroccans abroad should participate: it proposes constituencies, an allocation principle, an alternative model and two ways to vote.
That earns full marks for political participation and parliamentary representation. It cannot fully offset the limited detail on diaspora investment, savings, pensions, social protection, return and the organised mobilisation of expertise.
The 58% score therefore describes an uneven offer built around one particularly strong pillar.
The MMNEWS verdict
The PVM brings an easily identifiable proposition to the debate: enable Moroccans abroad to vote from their countries of residence and elect representatives connected to those communities.
For a smaller political formation, that clarity is a genuine contribution. It shows that a diaspora offer should be assessed not only by the size of the party presenting it, but by the precision of the mechanism it proposes.
The next step is to apply the same method to consular services, investment, social protection, return, culture and skills. The PVM already has its defining MRE pillar. It now needs a complete diaspora policy around it.
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