MEPs want to seek an opinion from the Court of Justice before voting the fisheries agreement

In a motion for resolution submitted last week, 110 MEPs urged the European Parliament to seek an opinion from the Court of Justice before voting the fisheries agreement. Last month, a similar resolution was rejected by the EU Parliament before voting the Association agreement.

The European parliament grants tariff preferences to products from the Sahara

The European Parliament agreed, Wednesday, to extend tariff preferences to products originating from Western Sahara in the framework of the EU-Morocco association agreement. The decision comes as the Polisario threatened to seek the CJEU.

Morocco-EU : MEPs hold talks with the president of Laayoune regional council

Brussels uses the CJEU’s 2016 decision to discredit the Polisario’s legitimacy

Annoyed by the European Commission’s wish to integrate the Sahara in the agricultural and fisheries agreements negotiated with Morocco, the Polisario accuses the body’s jargon regarding the territorial dispute.

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