Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires
الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية
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Leadership
Driss Lachgar
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2026–2031 manifesto
A comprehensive electoral programme centered on the social state, democracy, and territorial fairness. Key commitments include achieving at least 6% annual economic growth, capping the budget deficit at 3%, generating 250,000 industrial jobs, digitizing public services, enacting progressive tax reforms, and broadening social protections and public education.
Key pledges
Achieve an annual economic growth rate of at least 6% by 2031Hard
النمو الاقتصادي
The promise is interpreted as reaching 6% in 2031, not delivering 6% every year. The IMF baseline projects 4% in 2031 and HCP projects 3% in 2027. Reaching 6% remains conceivable, but requires exceptional, sustained acceleration in productivity, private investment and exports.
Maintain the budget deficit below 3% of GDP by 2031Possible
المالية العمومية
The deficit was 3.5% of GDP in 2025; HCP projects 3.4% in 2026 and 3.2% in 2027. Reaching 3% or less by 2031 extends a gradual path, but depends on durable revenue and control of investment, social-protection and debt-service spending.
Reduce public debt to below 60% of GDP by 2031Hard
المديونية العمومية
Feasibility first depends on the debt measure selected. At end-2024, consolidated general-government debt was 63.9% of GDP, while Treasury debt was 67.7%. Reaching below 60% therefore requires a moderate adjustment in the first case but a far larger one in the second, alongside sustained fiscal discipline.
Reduce the trade deficit by at least 15% by 2031Hard
الميزان التجاري
The goods trade deficit reached MAD 352.3 billion in 2025. A 15% reduction by 2031 requires a net improvement of about MAD 52.8 billion. This is demanding after the deficit widened, but remains plausible if exports consistently grow faster than imports.
Raise private investment to 25% of GDP by 2031Hard
الاستثمار الخاص
Official data provide an incomplete private-investment baseline that is not fully comparable with national accounts. At constant 2025 GDP, 25% equals about MAD 430 billion, far above the ministry’s cited MAD 90 billion annual figure. The target could only be approached through a sustained, major increase in private investment, finance and productive projects.
Digitize 80% of administrative procedures and public services by 2030Hard
إصلاح الإدارة والرقمنة
The latest independent audit found only 23% of public services fully digitalised at end-2023. Reaching 80% by 31 December 2030 means gaining at least 57 points in four full years. It can be done only with a sustained acceleration in interoperability, legal implementation, cyber safeguards and delivery across all administrations.
Generalize the 'silence is consent' principle for administrative licensesHard
تبسيط المساطر الإدارية
Moroccan law already allows silence to count as consent, but only for acts on a regulatory list. Extending it to every eligible procedure would require a nationwide legal screening, updated lists, enforceable deadlines and safeguards for third parties. It can be pursued within the term, but broad implementation across administrations would be demanding.
Reduce administrative file processing times by 70%Insufficient data
إصلاح الإدارة
The evidence gives legal ceilings and a late-delivery rate in one sample, but not a national average processing time or a defined basket of files. A 70% cut cannot be measured from those figures. A national baseline and public annual reporting are needed before the five-year feasibility can be assessed reliably.
Enact an advanced illicit enrichment lawPossible
محاربة الفساد
A bill on illicit enrichment has already been filed and examined in Parliament. Enacting a law in 2026–2031 is institutionally feasible, but the text must resolve constitutional safeguards, evidence, asset declarations and enforcement capacity. “Advanced” has no defined benchmark.
Create a specialized support fund for anti-corruption whistleblowersPossible
محاربة الفساد وحماية الشهود
The evidence shows incomplete protection and a recent strategy for secure reporting, but no identified dedicated fund. Creating an assistance mechanism within five years is feasible if a legal basis, annual appropriation and independent management are approved. Its cost cannot be calculated without a benefit scale or expected caseload.
Establish a national observatory for prices and profit margins of staple goodsPossible
حماية المستهلك والأسعار
Establishing the observatory and making it operational before 2031 is institutionally feasible. Morocco already has regular price data and an independent competition authority. The decisive challenge is lawful access to reliable cost and margin data while protecting business confidentiality. The body alone would not guarantee lower prices.
Allocate at least 60% of new public investment budgets to lagging regionsInsufficient data
العدالة المجالية والجهوية
The promise refers to at least a 60% increase in new budgets directed to regions with deficits, but defines neither those regions, indicators, baseline budget nor coverage. The national 2026 envelope of MAD 380 billion does not resolve these gaps. Feasibility therefore cannot be established in a verifiable way.
Create dedicated parliamentary electoral districts for Moroccans living abroadHard
مغاربة العالم
For the 23 September 2026 election, the official arrangement for voters abroad remains proxy voting, not dedicated districts. Diaspora districts would require a further organic-law reform, seat and boundary design, and arrangements compatible with host countries. This could be completed before 2031, but it is politically and administratively demanding.
Raise domestic agro-industrial processing of agricultural output to 70%Insufficient data
السيادة الغذائية والصناعة التحويلية
Agri-food infrastructure and support measures exist, but no current comparable public indicator defines the intended “industrial valorisation” rate or its starting level. Without a numerator, denominator and base year, the scale of effort needed to reach 70% cannot be reliably established.
Increase local manufacturing of pharmaceuticals to over 80%Insufficient data
السيادة الدوائية والصحة
Ministry sources cite 70% and then 80% coverage of medicine needs. They do not provide an audited, stable measure strictly equivalent to the share of medicines manufactured locally. The starting point and effort required to exceed 80% therefore remain undetermined.
Create 250,000 new industrial jobsHard
التشغيل والصناعة
The target requires 50,000 net industrial jobs a year for five years. The official barometer recorded 42,714 net jobs in 2024, described as an exceptional year. Sustaining a higher pace requires the hubs, investment, land and training systems to generate verifiable additional employment.
Earmark 20% of public procurement for domestic industrial enterprisesPossible
الطلب العمومي ودعم الإنتاج الوطني
Current rules provide a 15% national preference and a 30% reservation for certain small entities, but no specific 20% quota for domestic industrial enterprises. Such a rule can be introduced during the term if the applicable framework is amended, international commitments are respected, and awards are monitored.
Reduce the youth unemployment rate to below 15% during the termHard
تشغيل الشباب والبطالة
In Q2 2026, strict unemployment among 15–24-year-olds was 27.2%. Falling below 15% by 2031 requires a drop of more than 12.2 points. Existing funding and programmes can help, but sustained, large-scale creation of paid jobs for young people would be needed.
Reduce payment deadlines to under 30 days for SMEsPossible
المقاولات الصغرى والمتوسطة وآجال الأداء
The programme places this commitment under public procurement. Central and local government already averaged 18 days in 2024, while public entities averaged 31.7 days. Getting below 30 days is realistic, but published data do not separately measure the time received by SMEs alone.
Establish a public investment and development bank specialized in SME financingPossible
التمويل البنكي والاستثمار
Creating and starting a specialised public bank before 2031 is institutionally feasible. However, the programme gives no capital amount, lending volume or guarantee cost. Establishing the bank alone therefore does not demonstrate its future financing capacity.
Lower income tax brackets by at least 2 points and raise the tax-free threshold to 50,000 MADPossible
العدالة الجبائية والضريبة على الدخل
The tax-free threshold is already MAD 40,000. Raising it to MAD 50,000 and reducing rates by two points can be enacted through finance laws before 2031. The challenge is fiscal: the programme specifies neither the affected brackets nor a reliable estimate of offsetting revenue.
Implement a progressive wealth tax on large fortunes to finance public social servicesInsufficient data
العدالة الجبائية والتضامن
The programme proposes a progressive tax on large fortunes and an asset register, but gives no threshold, rate, tax base or expected revenue. It is therefore impossible to assess yield, administrative cost or the share of social services that could actually be financed before these parameters are defined.
Raise renewable energy share in electricity production to over 60% by 2030Hard
الطاقة والانتقال الأخضر
Renewables were reported to supply 27% of electricity generation at end-2024. Exceeding 60% in 2030 requires exceptional acceleration of plants, grids, storage and flexibility. The investment programme and grid hosting capacity make it technically conceivable, but actual on-time commissioning is the decisive risk.
Gradually increase national spending on scientific research and innovation to 2% of GDPHard
البحث العلمي واقتصاد المعرفة
The latest comparable figure puts national R&D spending at 0.8% of GDP in 2019; reaching 2% requires multiplying effort by 2.5. Catch-up can technically begin, but needs exceptional annual growth in public and private R&D, plus more researchers and research capacity. The lack of a recent series increases uncertainty.
Reduce out-of-pocket household healthcare spending to under 20% of total treatment costsHard
الصحة وتغطية العلاج
The latest published national accounts put household out-of-pocket payments at 38% in 2022. Going below 20% in five years requires a reduction of more than 18 points, far faster than the 2018–2022 change. AMO expansion helps, but genuinely effective and sustainable reimbursement is essential.
Reach 4.5 healthcare workers per 1,000 residents through expanded training capacityNot achievable
الرأسمال البشري الطبي
“Healthcare providers” is not precisely defined. Even using the comparable New Development Model baseline, moving from 2 to 4.5 per 1,000 requires about 92,000 net additional professionals in five years. That same threshold was planned for 2035, not 2031.
Reduce school dropout rates in compulsory education to below 2% by 2030Hard
التعليم ومحاربة الهدر المدرسي
In 2024–2025, reported primary and lower-secondary exits totalled 217,540. Compared with published enrolment, that is an indicative 3.9%; getting below 2% would mean preventing over 105,000 exits each year under the same measurement. Existing measures help, but sustained delivery in rural areas and at the transition to lower secondary would be demanding.
Generalize free, high-quality preschool education for all children from age fourPossible
التعليم الأولي المجاني
The ministry reports preschool enrolment rising from 79% in 2023–2024 to 85% in 2025–2026 and already targets generalisation in 2027–2028. Reaching full coverage by 2030–2031 matches the recent enrolment pace. It depends on sustained funding, rural access, trained educators, and proof that every covered place is free and meets quality standards.
Increase the female economic participation rate to 30% by 2030Not achievable
التمكين الاقتصادي للنساء
Female labour-force participation was 19.0% in 2025 and declined slightly. Reaching 30% by 2030 would require about 1.6 million additional active women, even assuming a constant population. This far exceeds recent changes and would require exceptional mobilisation into jobs or active job search.
Gradually increase the culture sector budget to at least 2% of the general state budgetHard
الاستثمار في الثقافة
The 2026 budget note gives DH1.427 billion to the Culture Department, after an 8.79% annual increase. Reaching 2% of the general state budget would require several years of much larger, permanent reallocations. The exact gap cannot be audited until the programme defines which cultural spending and which budget total count.