The European Union and Morocco have not reached a settlement yet regarding the 2014 fisheries agreement. The latter expires on Saturday, 14th of July.
The Polisario has officially launched a new campaign to oppose negotiations held currently between Morocco and the European Union.
Annoyed by the European Commission’s wish to integrate the Sahara in the agricultural and fisheries agreements negotiated with Morocco, the Polisario accuses the body’s jargon regarding the territorial dispute.
A few days before the UN Security Council adopts a new resolution on the Western Sahara, Morocco has managed to convince EU fisheries ministers to give the go-ahead for a new agreement. The latter will include the Sahara’s territorial waters.
On the 21st of March, the European Commission pledged to integrate Saharan waters in the next fisheries agreement with Morocco. A decision that goes hand in hand with the EU companies’ will.
In order to renew the fisheries agreement, the European Commission wants to relaunch negotiations with Morocco. In a document, the EU body wants to include a human rights and democratic principles clause.
Eli Hadzhieva, a lawyer and founder of Dialogue for Europe believes that excluding the Sahara from the fisheries agreement concluded between and Morocco and the EU would jeopardize the stability of the union, including Catalonia and Wallonia in Spain.
Spanish MPs have urged the Rajoy government to recognize the «SADR» and directly negotiate trade agreements that include the Sahara with the Polisario.
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