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Spanish Congress rejects cancellation of agreement
The Spanish Congress rejected yesterday a call for respect of international law in the case of EU fisheries in Western Sahara. The main beneficiary of the illegal fisheries agreement is...Spain.
Published: 24.02 - 2010 09:11Printer version    
The proposition came from a group of parliamentarians last December, and was up for discussion yesterday, 23 February 2010.

90% of the licences under the EU-Moroccan fisheries agreement signed in 2007 was given to Spain.

The agreement is according to UN and EU legal experts in violation of international law.


Here you can download the video of the debate on the proposition (in Spanish).



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25.02 - 2010Lawyers association asks the EU to consult Sahrawis
24.02 - 2010Press release on EU-Moroccan fisheries from Olof Palme Center
24.02 - 2010Spanish Congress rejects cancellation of agreement
22.02 - 2010European Parliament's lawyers declare EU fishing illegal
28.01 - 2010Here is the secret legal opinion from the EU Parliament
23.02 - 2010EU fisheries up for debate in Spanish Congress
17.02 - 2010EU-Morocco fish talkers ignored Sahrawi problem
03.02 - 2010WSRW demands the EP’s legal opinion to be made public
28.01 - 2010Discussion Legal Opinion WS fisheries postponed at very last minute
27.01 - 2010Public debate on new opinion on WS fisheries
19.01 - 2010Seen this fish before?
10.01 - 201025 Sahrawi NGOs request change of EU fisheries policy
05.01 - 2010Sahrawis protest EU plunder
08.12 - 2009Spanish ERCs demand halt of fisheries agreement
18.11 - 2009Sister of imprisoned HR laureate spoke out against EU fisheries
16.11 - 2009"EU must stop allowing exploitation of Western Sahara"
14.11 - 2009Seminar on unethical fisheries at European Parliament
03.11 - 2009Haidar: "EU fisheries in Western Sahara must be stopped"
06.11 - 2009International campaign to stop illegal EU fisheries  
14.10 - 2009EU ignores the Sahrawis’ wishes – again






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The EU is paying Morocco to fish in occupied Western Sahara. The EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement is both politically controversial and in violation of international law. The international Fish Elsewhere! campaign demands the EU to cancel its highly unethical operations, and go fishing somewhere else. No fishing in Western Sahara should take place until the conflict is solved.
"EU fisheries in Western Sahara must be stopped"
06.11 - 2009




Western Sahara human rights activist Aminatou Haidar hopes for increased attention to the EU plundering of occupied Western Sahara.

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