In response to mounting pressure from Spanish agricultural associations and the People’s Party against Morocco’s economic interests, Moroccan and European business leaders with investments in the Sahara are turning their attention to Brussels.
Despite the numerous contracts awarded to Italian companies, particularly in the hydrocarbons and agriculture sectors, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune failed to persuade Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to endorse the Polisario’s position, especially on «the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination».
The Polisario Front and its ally Algeria continue to cling to the 1974 Spanish census as the sole basis for holding a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara, overlooking the major shifts that have since occurred within the United Nations framework. For years, UN Security Council resolutions have made no reference to the settlement plan based on this census, instead calling for a realistic, practical, and mutually acceptable political solution. But what’s the story behind this
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