On Wednesday 16 January, MEPs gave their agreement, by 444 votes to 167 with 68 abstentions, to amend the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the EU and Morocco.
The purpose of this amendment is to respond to the judgement of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of 21 December 2016 which concluded that the EU/Morocco Agreement does not apply to Western Sahara, but that it may be covered, with the explicit consent of the population of this Non-Self-Governing...