Morocco and the European Union concluded on Thursday negotiations held to renew the 2014 fisheries agreement, a diplomatic source told Yabiladi. The treaty is part of a series of agreements signed by Morocco way before the creation of the continental organization.
Spain’s new PM Pedro Sanchez is determined to keep on good terms with Morocco. After Josep Borrell and Fernando Grande-Marlaska visited Rabat, El Pais started praising Morocco’s head of the Moroccan secret services, Abdellatif Hammouchi.
To circumvent the Dublin III Regulation on asylum and migration, the European Union plans to set up detention centers for migrants in North Africa.
Minister of Agriculture and Sea Fishery Aziz Akhannouch said Sunday during a TV talk show that what the CJEU’s Advocate-General said is dangerous. According to the Minister, Morocco is capable of abandoning the fisheries agreement concluded with the EU.
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.