A Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously adopts the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement

As expected, the House of Representatives’ Committee of Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Islamic Affairs and Moroccans Living Abroad discussed, Wednesday, the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, which includes the Sahara’s waters.

The agreement was unanimously adopted on the same day. On Tuesday, June 25, the deal will be voted in a plenary session at the house of councilors.

On Tuesday, June 18, the Spanish Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Luis Planas said in Luxembourg that he hoped Spanish fishermen would be able to return to Morocco’s waters in July.

The four-year fisheries agreement was adopted on 12 February in a plenary session at the European Parliament.