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"We welcome the rejection of the extension of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement. The rejection highlights the impracticability of this agreement, both from the economic point of view (it is one of the most expensive fisheries agreements that the EU has with a third country) and from the ecological point of view, bearing in mind that the various fish stocks are in a fragile state of conservation. However, we believe the most serious issue raised by this agreement is its implicit recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, over its waters, and over its fishing resources.
From 1975, when the International Court of Justice was established, until the present day, Moroccan sovereignty over the territory of Western Sahara has never been recognised. The EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement is illegal and flouts all the relevant UN General Assembly Resolutions and international law. We therefore believe that any future protocol to be negotiated by the Commission must rectify the serious problems associated with past and present protocols."@en1
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