In the European Parliament, the committee on Fisheries is expected to hold a meeting on the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement. The Kingdom and Spain are paying close attention to the gathering.
Once again, Sweden voted against the fisheries agreement signed between Morocco and the European Commission. The country reacted in the same way to the agreement concluded in 2011.
More than 20 NGOs and pro-Polisario bodies operating in the Sahara and the Tindouf camps urged the European Parliament, Tuesday, to vote against the fisheries agreement. On the same day in Brussels, the Committee of Permanent Representatives voted in favor of the treaty concluded between Morocco and European Commission.
The Spanish government and the Polisario have been leading strong diplomatic campaigns at the European Parliament. This comes as the European Union institution is examining the fisheries and agricultural agreements concluded between Morocco and the body.
Morocco and the Polisario have both sent their lobbyists to Strasbourg to defend the fisheries agreement, signed in July between Rabat and the European Union, in the European Parliament.