Fisheries agreement to be examined in a plenary session at the EU Parliament in February

The Morocco-EU fisheries agreement, officially signed on January the 15th in Rabat, will be examined in a plenary session at the European Parliament on February the 13th, Fisheries Minister Aziz Akhannouch revealed in a weekly session at the House of Representatives.

The Minister urged MPs to continue their efforts to win another battle in Strasbourg, especially as MEPs voted in favor of the association agreement between Rabat and Brussels. Akhannouch responded, Monday, to six questions on trade relations between Morocco and the European Union.

On January the 23rd, the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries adopted, by a large majority, the Morocco-European Union fisheries agreement.

According to a European parliamentary source in Brussels, the adoption of the agreement by 17 votes in favor, 7 against and 2 abstentions, reflects the position of the majority of the political groups represented at the European Parliament and is a logical continuation of the positive developments in the strategic partnership between Morocco and the EU.