On the 4th of January, the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy announced that the EU has already granted Morocco €70 million to Morocco to address irregular migration. Visiting Morocco on Thursday, Federica Mogherini promised that the Kingdom will receive €110 million soon.
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is establishing a solid groundwork for his successor. He announced that not running for a third term does not mean he is retiring from politics.
The European Parliament agreed, Wednesday, to extend tariff preferences to products originating from Western Sahara in the framework of the EU-Morocco association agreement. The decision comes as the Polisario threatened to seek the CJEU.
Spanish left-wing party, Podemos, has sought the help of the Constitutional court to host a meeting on Western Sahara in the Spanish parliament. This meeting was banned, before, by the lower house.