On Friday 29 September, the European Commission proposed that the fisheries partnership agreement between the European Community and Comoros be terminated because the island nation is not doing enough to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The EU had already decided, in July, to give Comoros a “red card”, listing it among the “non-cooperating countries” (see EUROPE 11827). Since 2015, the European Commission has been engaged in dialogue with Comoros, based on an...