“…To focus on the reasons behind this relationship, four topics emerge as being especially politically relevant to the evaluation of the progress: democracy, human rights, security, and migration. The literature has explored the democracy and human rights fields widely and discarded them as relevant to an explanation of this progress (Bicchi, 2009;Cavatorta et al, 2008;Fernández Molina, 2013;Govantes, 2013Govantes, , 2018. The lack of relevant progress in the promotion of democracy has been evinced by some of the most relevant democratic indexes, not only in Morocco but in the entire South Mediterranean neighbourhood (Bertelsmann Transformation Index, 2005-10; Economist Unit Index of Democracy, 2005-10;Freedom House, 2005-10).…”