EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) western sahara

EU General Court ruling complicates bilateral relations with Morocco

Brussels, 11/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - The ruling of the General Court of the EU, which called into question the application, on the territory of the Western Sahara, of part of the agreement on agricultural trade between the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco (see EUROPE 11450) and caused a great outcry from Rabat, will be discussed by ministers at the EU-Morocco Association Council in Brussels on Monday 14 December.

Although, for the EU, this ruling does not call into question the bilateral...