The European Court of Justice on the EU-Morocco agricultural and fisheries agreements
An Analysis of the Legal Proceedings and Consequences for the Actors Involved
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8030118 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ángela Suárez-Collado (0000-0003-1882-1619, Universidad de Salamanca, corresponding author), Davide Contini (0000-0003-1209-9397, International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs, Western Sahara Resource Watch, Barcelona, Spain) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1160-1179 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629387.2021.1917122 |
| OpenAlex | W3165403809 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 6 |
EN] Over the past few years, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued several judgments on the international agreements between the European Union (EU) and Morocco and their territorial scope, including the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara. This study examines cases C-104/16 P and C-266/16 concerning, respectively, the Agricultural Agreement and the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco, both of which have revealed a tug-of-war between the judiciary and the legislative and executive powers of the EU regarding the Western Sahara conflict. While the highest European legal authority stated that Western Sahara has a separate and distinct status from Morocco, the Parliament, Commission, and Council have persisted in their long-standing position of viewing the conflict as a result of postcolonial relations between France and Spain, on the one hand, and the Alawite kingdom, on the other. This article analyses the two cases at both the procedural and political levels, in addition to their consequences with regard to the positioning of the actors involved to show that, in the case of the Western Sahara conflict, EU economic and geopolitical interests have prevailed over the application of European and international law
Economic Justice · Economics · Economy · European union · General partnership · Geopolitics · International law · International trade · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · African Studies and Geopolitics · International Maritime Law Issues · Law
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |