More than 20 NGOs and pro-Polisario bodies operating in the Sahara and the Tindouf camps urged the European Parliament, Tuesday, to vote against the fisheries agreement. On the same day in Brussels, the Committee of Permanent Representatives voted in favor of the treaty concluded between Morocco and European Commission.
On Wednesday, November the 21st, MEPs from the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs voted in favor of granting preferential tariff treatment to products coming from Western Sahara. The vote was criticized by the Polisario.
Moroccan-Dutch nationals have launched a campaign since January to secure the nomination of Nasser Zefzafi to the Sakharov price. The Hirak figure has made it to the final list, Tuesday, which includes only three names.
In 2013, Morocco placed a wager on Ibrahim Boubace Keïta, who, at the moment, was running for the presidential elections in Mali. Five years later, drawing lessons from the past, distanced itself from the Malian politicians competing to head the West African country.