European fisheries ministers to negotiate an agreement that includes the Sahara

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.

Despite the displeasure of pro-Polisario NGOs, international companies operate in the Sahara

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. 

Fisheries agreement : The European Commission creates a «human rights» clause

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.

The CJEU’s ruling would legitimize the separatist wave in Catalonia, according to an EU lawyer

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 urge Rajoy to negotiate trade agreements with the Polisario

Spanish MPs have urged the Rajoy government to recognize the «SADR» and directly negotiate trade agreements that include the Sahara with the Polisario.

Sahara natural resources : The Polisario sends a new letter to Antonio Guterres

CJEU’s ruling : The vice-chairwoman of the Committee on Fisheries wants to negotiate with the Polisario

Linnéa Engström, the vice-chairwoman of the EU Committee on Fisheries, wants Brussels to negotiate directly with the Polisario. A year ago, the Swedish MEP adopted the same position, relaunched after the CJEU’s ruling.

CJEU’s ruling : In Spain, the People’s party blocks two bills against Morocco

In Spain, senates from the People’s Party have blocked the adoption of two bills resolutely anti-Moroccan.

Fisheries agreement : Two Spanish MEPs call for the exclusion of Western Sahara

Fisheries agreement : CJEU’s ruling differently assessed in Andalusia, the Canary Islands and Galicia

The CJEU’s ruling, issued on the 27th of February, will definitely impact the fisheries sector in Spain. And while in Andalusia fishermen want to be cautious, the situation is complicated in the Canary Island and Galicia. They both fish in the Sahara waters.