Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat is ignoring Morocco’s warnings. After a working visit to Algeria, he announced his intention to present a proposal for the settlement of the Western Sahara conflict.
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.
Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel accuses Morocco of refusing to revive the Arab Maghreb Union, stressing his country’s will to reinforce Maghreb integration.
In less than two weeks, Therea May’s government has sent two of its senior officials to Morocco. Rabat is, obviously, being part of London’s post-Brexit plan especially as the country is paying close attention to the Sahara conflict. On Saturday, Alistair Burt, British Minister of State for the Middle East, met in Munich with Horst Kohler.
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.
While the autonomous government in Canary Islands seems convinced and reassured by the explanations given by Madrid, Podemos continues to be resistant.