Updated 17.12.2023: Corruption at the highest level of the EU: secret meeting in Suite 412 - Even the VOP and President Pavel are keeping their hands off Marocco Gate ?! - "We should sanction the perpetrators by denying visas and seizing their assets abroad." MEP Michael Gahler
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Dr. Damjan Prelovšek - art historian and expert on modern architecture, specialised in the work of architect Jože Plečnik, Ambassador of Slovenia to the Czech Republic 1998-2002, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, writer and photographer.
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So who was Badraoui anyway? And what was his interest in A. Bahaddou's visas?
I was asked a similar question by MFA lawyer Jiri Slays last year - why were the Moroccans interested in uncovering visa fraud and why, over time, did they give me some of their tapes of embassy wiretaps related to visas? In a legal society, such a question shouldn't even come up: after all, everyone should be interested in following the law, in the correct execution of the visa agenda, and in not encouraging human trafficking. In practice, however, we all know that in Arab countries many people turn a blind eye. In Morocco, on the other hand, many people are happy for their people to move to Europe and to make money out of it. Some are just looking for a better material life, others want to spread the Muslim faith in Europe, and still others engage in various not entirely legal activities. On the other hand, however, Morocco is a strategic partner of the EU and receives a lot of money in projects to combat illegal migration and to solve asylum problems.
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Žebrák Castle 13.8.2021: Interview of Jan Šinágl with the ex-ambassador of Slovenia to the Czech Republic Damjan Prelovšek
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Morocco cares very much about the reputation of the country and its ruler, much more than the Czech Republic.
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