Linnéa Engström, the vice-chairwoman of the EU Committee on Fisheries, wants Brussels to negotiate directly with the Polisario. A year ago, the Swedish MEP adopted the same position, relaunched after the CJEU’s ruling.
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.