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.

Fisheries agreement : The UN refuses to comment on the CJEU’s ruling

Fisheries agreement : The Polisario rejoices over the ruling while Morocco tempers its reaction

The Court of Justice of the European Union has pronounced its ruling, causing the emergence of two different interpretations. The Polisario and its allies rejoiced over the decision while Morocco and the European Union tried to temper their reaction.

Fisheries agreement : The Polisario rejoices over the CJEU's ruling

Morocco and the EU determined to pursue strategic partnership

CJEU excludes the Western Sahara waters from the fisheries agreement

The Court of Justice of the European Union decided on Tuesday that the Fisheries agreement is valid but not applicable to Western Sahara. A decision that comes as the Polisario is commemorating the creation of «Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic».

CJEU : The fisheries agreement is valid but not applicable to the waters adjacent to Western Sahara

While Moroccan tomato is accused of invading the EU, the Sahara fishery products are most welcome

It is more than a mere coincidence, on the day a bunch of Spanish ship-owners met to defend, in Dakhla, the renewal of the fisheries agreement, European farmers gathered in Spain to launch a campaign against the Moroccan tomatoes.

Morocco-EU : Sweden opposes the renewal of the fisheries agreement

In twelve days, the CJEU is to decide on the Moroccan-EU fisheries agreement. Meanwhile Sweden announced that it is against the renewal of the 2014 document, adopting the same position it went for in 2011.