European fisheries ministers to negotiate an agreement that includes the Sahara

A few days before the UN Security Council adopts a new resolution on the Western Sahara, Morocco has managed to convince EU fisheries ministers to give the go-ahead for a new agreement. The latter will include the Sahara’s territorial waters.

Fisheries agreement : Spain wishes to start negotiations «soon»

Spain : The government questioned about the safety of Spanish fishermen in Morocco

Fisheries agreement : Morocco accepts relaunching negotiations with the EU

Fisheries agreement : The European Commission creates a «human rights» clause

In order to renew the fisheries agreement, the European Commission wants to relaunch negotiations with Morocco. In a document, the EU body wants to include a human rights and democratic principles clause.

Brussels proposes amendment to fisheries agreement with Morocco that includes Sahara

Fisheries agreement : Diplomats from the EU Delegation in Rabat met with Mahjoub Salek

Three diplomats from the EU delegation in Rabat discussed the fisheries agreement issue Thursday with Mahjoub Salek, founder of Khat Achahid. A serious setback for the Polisario which claims being «the only body that represents Sahrawis».

The CJEU’s ruling would legitimize the separatist wave in Catalonia, according to an EU lawyer

Eli Hadzhieva, a lawyer and founder of Dialogue for Europe believes that excluding the Sahara from the fisheries agreement concluded between and Morocco and the EU would jeopardize the stability of the union, including Catalonia and Wallonia in Spain.

Aziz Akhannouch : Morocco is capable of abandoning the current fisheries agreement

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.

Fisheries agreement : Two Spanish MEPs call for the exclusion of Western Sahara