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Text: Georg Maier & Philipp Natzke - Bilder: Philipp Natzke ULTRAS IN Marokko In the last two years we have heard a lot about North Africa. The revolutions that had been triggered by a desperate young greengrocer in the small Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzeid have been watched on TV screens all over the world. In Egypt, <strong>Ultra</strong>s have played a central role in the overthrow of Mubarak. In Libya, in turn, the NATO bombing is supposed to have prevented a prolonged civil war. Media reported about the first free elections, the success of the religious parties and the difficulties in the process of transformation. But there are also regimes that have barely been affected by the revolutionary turmoil. In addition to President Bouteflika of Algeria, Mohammed VI of Morocco occupies the throne of the only monarchy in North Africa as firmly as before the Arab Spring. In this context, Moroccan intellectual Abdallah Laroui describes his homeland as an island separated from all neighbours and with its own laws, which is a rough euphemism. Youth unemployment and the lack of political participation in Casablanca are as present as in Cairo or Tunis. According to the movement of February 20th, in Morocco arouse a protest movement fighting for the country‘s comprehensive democratization as well. Unlike Egypt and Tunisia, however, it is not called for the regime‘s fall, but reforms are aimed at. These requests the king prepared to come up to. He let the people vote on a new constitution and declared the representative of an Islamist opposition party as the new head of government. Ac- 80 - 116 // <strong>Blickfang</strong> Ultrà - Das Magazin
PORTUGAL SPANIEN Königreich Marokko: Amtssprache: Arabisch, Tamazight Hauptstadt: Rabat Staatsform: Konstitutionelle Monarchie Staatsoberhaupt: König Mohammed VI. Fläche: 446.550 (mit Westsahara: 710.850) km² Einwohnerzahl: 32.597.000 Bevölk.dichte: 72 Einwohner pro km² Währung: 1 Dirham (DH) = 100 Centimes Unabhängigkeit: von Frankreich 2. März 1956 und von Spanien 7. April 1956 Rabat Casablanca MAROKKO Marrakech ALGERIEN cording to experts, however, not much has been changed concerning the king‘s function within the political process. He still holds the rein of the system of power, called “makhzen”, which consists of a wide range network with important political, economic and cultural persons, as well as the security forces. Without Mohammed VI, no political work is possible. The king knows where to pull in order to get his way even after the constitutional amendment. Against the background of the uprising events in neighbouring countries since December 2010, however, it‘s in the lap of the gods whether this control over the political process will continue for a short time or last longer. At least for the moment the statement of Mohammed VI of 2001 is valid, saying that his political rhythm is equal to that of his country. Provided that the king wants to do more than beat time, he will have quite a difficult task synchronizing the multitude of different voices within the complex Moroccan society. // 81
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