Young people in Morocco split over whether politics can deliver change as election draws near
Youth unemployment is 37% and many Gen Z voters distrust parties, while others hope the election can bring higher wages and better services.
- Candidates are campaigning in rural Morocco ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary elections, competing for 395 seats in the House of Representatives as 7,288 candidates from 27 parties seek to engage disenchanted young voters.
- Official data shows unemployment for Moroccans aged 15 to 24 reached 37% in 2025, while young adults comprise only 12% of the population but represent just 4% of the 15.8 million registered voters.
- Yassine Moujane, an attorney running with the Democratic and Social Movement, is attempting to break into a parliament where lawmakers average age 53, having volunteered to defend Gen Z protesters arrested last year.
- Frustration stems from deadly protests last year and a surge of migration to Spain's Ceuta, though many young Moroccans view the monarchy as an anchor of stability, hoping the vote influences decisions on minimum wages.
- The next government will oversee billions in infrastructure for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, though the World Bank projects 4.2% GDP growth this year has not generated sufficient jobs for youth.
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The 18- to 24-year-olds account for 4% of those enrolled in Moroccan legislative benefits, compared with 15% for 25- to 34-year-olds, according to official data. Their participation in voting may be weaker.
Parliamentary elections are being held in Morocco tomorrow. The country has been struggling for years with social unrest, youth unemployment, and illegal migration. The rush to Ceuta in late July made it painfully clear that the government of the North African kingdom is failing to offer prospects to its own youth, while tens of billions of euros are flowing into the 2030 World Cup.
Young people between the ages of 18 and 24 account for only 3% of the electoral roll and drag the frustration of the protests of the GENZ212. More information: Lekjaa, the elected Mohamed VI: from head of Moroccan football and architect of the 2030 World Cup to favorite for Prime Minister
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Young people in Morocco split over whether politics can deliver change as election draws near
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SALÉ, Morocco: Morocco’s upcoming parliamentary election will test whether the kingdom’s political system can reconnect with a disenchanted youth, many of whom say they expect nothing from it. Nearly 16 million Moroccans have registered to elect 395 members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, but only a slim four percent of those signed up are aged 18 to 24. Zoubaida, a 34-year-old mother working small jobs in Tangier who did not provi…
A newly graduated electric engineer, the young man, living in Salé, near Rabat, has difficulty finding internships that would then allow him to look for a job, and the "quasi-all" of his promotional comrades is in the same situation. "I don't think there is a party capable of creating jobs for young people", he despairs at the AFP. Nearly 16 million voters are called on to nominate the 395 deputies of the House of Representatives, the first step…
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