HIBAPRESS – A. Muhayawi
The Democratic Labor Organization is following with great concern the social results of 2025, which revealed a glaring contradiction between the official discourse on growth and investment, and the daily living reality of citizens, especially vulnerable groups and the middle class.
Despite the achievements in technology, major infrastructure, and attracting strategic investments in the automotive industry, renewable energy, ports, digitalization, and water desalination, this dynamism has not translated into a tangible improvement in employment, purchasing power, and the quality of public services.
Firstly: A worrying social outcome for the year 2025
The organization notes that the year 2025 witnessed an unprecedented exacerbation of imbalances in the labor market, with the unemployment rate reaching 13%, with shocking rates among youth and degree holders. The temporary government programs also proved to be limited, after most of the beneficiaries returned to unemployment, in exchange for the bankruptcy of tens of thousands of very small enterprises, and the continued marginalization of millions of workers in the informal sector.
On the social level, millions of Moroccans are living in a multidimensional poverty situation, in light of the decline in purchasing power and an actual rise in the prices of basic food materials, despite the decline in the official inflation rate. The organization considers that the limited increases in wages and direct social support are insufficient and do not keep pace with the real cost of living.
The organization also warns of the seriousness of the pension crisis, as millions of the elderly live without any social protection, while meager pensions remain unable to guarantee the minimum standard of dignity, with rising costs of treatment and chronic diseases.
Secondly: Price chaos and decline in the quality of public services
The organization affirms that the absence of effective price control, and the dominance of rent-seeking lobbies and intermediaries, have turned the law on freedom of prices and competition into a cover for price chaos that has exhausted Moroccan families, especially in the sectors of fuel, medicine and food.
In the education and health sectors, and despite the allocated budgets, the problems of school waste, the lack of human resources, the poor quality of services, and the emigration of competencies, still constitute a worrying indicator of the failure of the adopted reforms.
Thirdly: Prospects for 2026 and the challenges associated with the financial law
The Democratic Labor Organization believes that the 2026 finance law faces major challenges, most notably the increase in public debt service, and the continued imbalance of tax justice by imposing an increasing tax burden on the middle class, in exchange for unjustified exemptions for privileged groups and major companies, which threatens social balance and economic stability.
Fourthly: Urgent social and political alternatives
Based on its historical responsibility, the organization calls for a break with the technocratic approach, and the adoption of a real socio-political solution, which is based on:
Creating permanent jobs and linking employment to future sectors.
Establishing a flexible wage scale linked to inflation and protecting purchasing power.
Raising the minimum pension and guaranteeing the dignity of retirees.
Restoring the role of the state in social care and public services.
Radical reform of the tax system on the basis of justice and fairness.
Respect for trade union freedoms, withdrawal of laws restricting the right to strike, and institutionalizing a binding social dialogue.
Conclusion
The Democratic Labor Organization warns that the continued separation between macroeconomic indicators and the daily social reality of Moroccans poses a real threat to social stability. It affirms that the bet of the year 2026 must be a clear bias towards the dignity of the citizen, confronting the rentier economy, and consolidating social justice for comprehensive development that leaves no one behind.
