Having suffered one humiliation after another from their former West African colonies, French elites are now targeting Morocco for destabilization. Earlier in August, France’s newspaper of record, Le Monde, ran a [six-part series](www.lemonde.fr/series-d-ete/article/2025/08/26/mohammed-vi-le-monarque-des-reformes-inachevees_6635772_3451060.html ) of slanderous articles targeting King Mohamed VI of Morocco. The articles are a compilation of all the royal gossip of the last decades aimed at discrediting the king’s credibility.
In a statement, the Moroccan Media Association accurately describes the series: “These articles, which pretend to belong to the genre of ‘investigation,’ participate above all in the genre of gossip,” the statement read. “They do not cite sources, report fictitious anecdotes, and construct a narrative that serves an agenda resolutely hostile to the monarchical institution, which is the foundation of the Moroccan nation.”
The [North African Post](https://northafricapost.com/90108-le-monde-daily-smear-campaign-invites-ridicule-cements-further-bonds-with-throne.html), which is close to the government, described the series as a “striking evidence of this post-colonial chauvinist vision, disconnected from reality.”
