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France Reacts to ECJ’s Verdict on EU-Morocco Trade Deals, Renews Support for Sahara Autonomy Initiative

France said it took note of the verdict of the European Court of Justice, which declared Polisario’s challenge to the EU-Morocco agricultural trade deals as “inadmissible”. “France will continue to work with its partners and the European Union to develop the quality partnership between the EU and Morocco, including in the agricultural sector,” the French […]

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Polisario Suffers Legal Setback as EU Top Court Renders Justice to Morocco on Trade Deals

Justice has been rendered to Morocco by the Court of Justice of the European Union  (ECJ) which has declared agricultural trade deals with the Kingdom as valid and annulled the verdict it issued on December 2015 suspending the agreement on grounds that it included the southern provinces, the Sahara, within its scope. The court declared […]

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Polisario, Illegitimate Representative of Sahara Population’s Commercial Interests, ECJ Advocate-General Says

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate-General, Melchior Wathelet, contested the court’s ruling on December 10, 2015 -which partially annulled the Morocco-EU Agricultural Agreement- on grounds that the Polisario is “not entitled to defend the commercial interests of the population of the Sahara.” The ECJ’s Chief Advocate General challenged, in an opinion piece, the court’s […]