The ruling handed down by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on Wednesday 21 December on the inclusion of the Western Sahara in the association and liberalisation agreement between the European Union and Morocco (case C-104/16P) seems to satisfy both parties: on the one side, the complainant – the Polisario – dismissed yet strengthened in its right to autonomy, and on the other side, the defenders – Moroccans and Europeans (see EUROPE 11694).
A direct consequence of this ruling,...