Landaburu told the press at the end of a meeting with Moroccan High Planning Commissioner Ahmed Lahlimi Alami that the success of the advanced status requires the implementation of "modern governance tools."

    The EU expects Morocco to further specify the pace of changes it wants to introduce to meet the European legislation and standards, he went on, recalling the first EU-Morocco summit, due on 7 March  in Spain, which he said is expected to give new momentum to Moroccan-EU relations.

    For the EU diplomat, the objectives of the advanced status granted to Morocco in October 2008 provides for privileged ties with Europe, which should "translate into a set of changes in various areas." 

    He said Morocco's High Planning Commission (HCP) can play a major role in bringing this process to fruition in view of its extensive expertise.

    In this regard, he hailed the efforts made by the High Planning Commissioner who “set up a remarkable statistics instrument that every modern State should have, and carried out major studies necessary to better grasp the profound evolutions.”