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.
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.
The long awaited decision of the CJEU on the fisheries agreement between Morocco and the European Union is scheduled for the 27th of February. Surprisingly, on the same day, the Polisario leadership commemorates the 42nd anniversairy of the proclamation of the first «government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic».
The Polisario Front has issued a statement urging the European Commission to give legal clarity over a delegation that visited Laayoune to update the list of companies authorized to export their products to the EU. Angered by this visit, the Front referred to the European Court of Justice’ ruling. Meanwhile, Morocco has succeeded in holding negotiations to overcome the obstacles set by the same verdict.