U and Morocco tweak trade deal covering W. Sahara

SK AFP | Brussels Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com The European Union and Morocco have agreed to alter a trade deal to cover imports from the disputed Western Sahara region, Brussels said yesterday. The move comes after the EU’s top court last...

Morocco and EU reach new trade deal including Western Sahara farming products

Morocco and the European Union have agreed to introduce origin labelling as an amendment to their agricultural deal, ensuring that products from Western Sahara receive the same preferential tariffs as those originating from Morocco, Foreign...

Spanish COAG challenges EU-Morocco trade deal

The Coordinating Body of Farmers and Livestock Breeders Organizations in Spain (COAG) has announced plans to pursue legal action against the trade agreement between the European Commission and Morocco, claiming that it improperly includes products...

EU urged to reverse course on Morocco trade deal including Western Sahara

Sahrawi organisations have condemned the European Commission for continuing to pursue a trade deal with Morocco which includes occupied Western Sahara in spite of a landmark EU court ruling. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled...

EU and Morocco tweak trade deal covering W. Sahara

The European Union and Morocco have agreed to alter a trade deal to cover imports from the disputed Western Sahara region, Brussels said on Monday. The move comes after the EU’s top court last year ordered the farm produce agreement to be scrapped...

EU Set to Sign New Trade Deal with Morocco Including Western Sahara

Rabat — A confidential memo from Denmark’s Foreign Ministry, obtained by investigative outlet Danwatch, reveals that the EU plans to sign a new trade agreement with Morocco on October 4 that will include goods from the disputed Western Sahara...

EU Commission under fire: Parliament Trade Chief calls EU Commission’s handling of Morocco deal “Outrageous”

Brussels (European Parliament) 06 October 2025 (SPS)- Bernd Lange, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA), strongly denounced the Commission’s handling of EU-Morocco agreement that includes the products and...

EU pushes secretive Morocco trade deal covering Western Sahara

As EU ambassadors give their green light to a new Morocco trade deal, the public is still denied access to the very agreement they are voting on - a striking case of secrecy in Brussels. Today, COREPER - the body of EU Member States’ ambassadors -...

Akdital denies receiving public investment aid, reaffirms self-financing model

HESPRESS English – Morocco News Hespress ENMonday 6 October 2025 - 19:00 Moroccan healthcare group Akdital said it has never received any form of government or public funding for its investments, stressing that all its projects were financed...

Parliament trade chief calls Commission’s handling of Morocco deal ‘outrageous’

A rushed move to fast-track a Morocco trade deal before the EU top court’s deadline has triggered a power struggle in Brussels, with MEPs accusing the European Commission of bypassing the European Parliament’s authority. The amended EU–Morocco...

Omar Hilale Demolishes Algeria’s Claims on Western Sahara at UN Assembly

Marrakech – In a sharp diplomatic exchange at the United Nations’ 80th General Assembly session, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, delivered a calculated yet forceful rebuttal to statements made by Algerian Foreign...

EU Reportedly Strikes Draft Trade Deal with Morocco on Western Sahara Goods

Rabat – The European Commission has reportedly secretly negotiated a new trade agreement with Morocco that covers products from Western Sahara, despite a ruling by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) that declared such deals invalid. If...

The EU permits imports from Western Sahara despite ECJ ruling

The agricultural organization ARAG-ASAJA has condemned what it calls a "new disloyalty" by the European Union toward the EU agricultural sector, following the modification of the trade agreement protocols between Europe and Morocco. According to...

Malainin Lakhal: “The Moroccan occupation will never erase history nor Sahrawi sovereignty over Western Sahara”

Algiers (Algeria) 29 September 2025 (SPS) – The Deputy Permanent Representative of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to the African Union and Sahrawi writer, Malainin Lakhal, stated to the magazine of the Foundation for the Promotion of Rights,...

Polisario allies push back against new EU-Morocco deal

A new trade agreement between Morocco and the European Union is already facing resistance. European lawmakers allied with the Polisario Front say the deal, which includes products from the Moroccan Sahara, violates court rulings and ignores the...

EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause

The Commission has proposed amending its trade deal with Morocco to comply with an EU court ruling on the disputed territory of Western Sahara, according to a document obtained by Euractiv. Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony mostly occupied...

US Renews Steadfast Support for Morocco’s Sovereignty over Western Sahara

Rabat – The US has reiterated its consistent position in support of Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara. Senior Advisor to the President of the US, Massad Boulos, renewed the same position...

Sahrawi Observatory condemns promotion of illegal investment in occupied Western Sahara

Chahid Elhafed (Sahrawi Repunlic) 26 September 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Observatory for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (SONREP) strongly denounced the recent reception of a delegation of Irish business representatives by the...

US Backs Business Investments in Morocco-Controlled Western Sahara

The United States has reaffirmed support for investments in Western Sahara, a territory claimed by Morocco but contested by the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said Washington would...

The POLISARIO Front rejects the EU-Morocco agreement and announces it will resort to all legal means to defend Sahrawi rights

Bir Lehlou (Sahrawi Republic), October 3, 2025 (SPS) – The POLISARIO Front issued an official statement on Friday evening strongly condemning the new agreement concluded between the Council of the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, which...