Morocco: Morocco’s House of Councilors closed on Tuesday the first session of the 2025-2026 legislative year of the eleventh legislature (2021-2026). Speaking on this occasion, Upper House Speaker Mohamed Ould Errachid reviewed the main areas of focus of the institution’s work during this session, in terms of legislation, oversight, evaluation of public policies, and institutional relations, while highlighting the tangible results of the parliamentary diplomacy conducted by the House, which, to him, have effectively contributed to strengthening the Kingdom’s position at the regional and international levels, as well as to defending its righteous national causes.

According to Agence Marocaine De Presse, Ould Errachid noted that the House adopted, during 12 legislative sessions, a total of 17 bills on topics of special priority related to the general interest, including three organic bills and four ordinary bills examined in second reading, in addition to four bills submitted as a matter of priority to the House in accordance with the provisions of Article 78 of the Constitution.

He also specified that the number of amendments proposed by the members of the House during this session amounted to 1,222, of which 271 were adopted and 595 withdrawn, as part of the interaction with the explanations provided and the consensual approach to formulating legislative texts of general interest, while 356 amendments were rejected by vote.

With regard to the work of the standing committees, 72 meetings were held during this session, totaling nearly 240 hours of work, which were devoted mainly to legislative work, in addition to organizing study days on issues within their remit, with the participation of professionals, academics, and some constitutional institutions.

Concerning plenary sessions, the House held 34 sessions during this session, including three joint sessions with the House of Representatives, notably the joint plenary session held on November 3, 2025, to debate United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797 on the question of the Moroccan Sahara.

The House also held 14 weekly sessions devoted to oral government questions, during which 25 departments were questioned, Ould Errachid said, adding that social issues took up most of the Councillors’ debates, through continuous monitoring of sectoral social dialogues’ outcomes, in addition to issues relating to pension reform, the fight against youth unemployment, the promotion of women’s domestic work and public policies aimed at young people.

Thanks to the active commitment of its members, he pointed out, the House of Councilors has continuously strengthened bilateral and multilateral parliamentary cooperation within various geopolitical spheres, in perfect harmony with the foundations of national diplomacy, with a view to defending the Kingdom’s strategic and vital causes, foremost among which is the national cause.