On Wednesday 21 March the European Commission asked the member states to give authorisation for it to open fresh negotiations with Morocco to amend the EU-Morocco fisheries partnership agreement and to renew the protocol. In a ruling on 27 February, the European Court of Justice said that the fisheries partnership agreement concluded between the EU and Morocco in 2006 is in line with EU law so long as it does not apply to the Western Sahara and the waters off its shores (see EUROPE 11970)....