Fisheries agreement : The European Commission consults with the Saharawis

The European Commission has initiated a series of consultations with the Saharawis, from both the Polisario and from Dakhla and Laayoune, on the fisheries agreement.

Fisheries agreement : The CJEU to pronounce its ruling on the 27th of February

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».

An ECJ legal advisor says Morocco-EU fisheries deal is invalid

A week after the European Commission asked the EU to negotiate with Morocco the renewal of the fisheries deal, an ECJ legal advisor has called the latter invalid as it supposedly wouldn’t respect the rights of people in Western Sahara.

Is Morocco about to conclude a new fisheries agreement with the EU ?  

Is Morocco on the verge of winning the post-verdict battle of the Court of Justice of the European Union pronounced on the 21st of December 2016. The Secretary General of the Ministry of Fisheries announced in Vigo, Galicia that in two weeks negotiations will be launched to discuss a new EU fisheries agreement with Morocco.