After filing complaints against seven big French companies, the Polisario called on credit insurer COFACE to stop its activities in the Sahara.
Sued by an ex-employee, the Moroccan embassy in The Hague has refused to comply with a court ruling, citing diplomatic immunity.
Lawyer Gilles Devers has lodged an appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union on behalf of the Polisario Front. The decision comes to put an end to the ongoing negotiations, held to renew the fisheries agreement conducted between Morocco and the EU.
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.
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.
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.