Morocco’s government took a significant step on Tuesday toward finalizing next year’s state budget. Meeting in Rabat under the chairmanship of Head of Government Fatima Zahra Mansouri, the Council of Government formally adopted draft Finance Bill No. 60.26 for the 2027 fiscal year, clearing the way for its submission to Parliament in the coming weeks.
The bill was presented by Minister of Economy and Finance Fawzi Lekjaa, who outlined the budgetary priorities his ministry had drawn up for the year ahead. According to a statement issued after the meeting by government spokesperson Samir Belfkih, who also serves as Minister of National Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy, ministers reviewed the bill’s provisions in detail before giving their final approval.
Tuesday’s adoption comes just days after King Mohammed VI chaired a Council of Ministers session examining the broad outlines of the same text. That two-stage process, first before the royal Council of Ministers and then before the Council of Government, reflects the standard institutional path every Moroccan finance bill must follow before reaching the House of Representatives, where lawmakers will now take up a detailed, article-by-article review.
The 2027 budget carries particular weight for the kingdom as it approaches major milestones, chief among them the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will co-host with Spain and Portugal. Preparations for the tournament continue to shape a substantial share of public investment, from transport infrastructure and stadiums to hospitality capacity. Beyond the football-driven agenda, the government will also need to balance familiar macroeconomic constraints, keeping the budget deficit in check, sustaining growth, and carrying forward the public finance reforms it has pursued in recent years.
The draft law is now expected to move to Parliament, where specialized committees will begin their own line-by-line scrutiny ahead of the bill’s final adoption, a process that traditionally concludes before the close of the current budget year.
