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Hah!!!!! A major development!

Hooray!

Former EU ambassador to Morocco: "Yes, it is an authoritarian state." (in French)

EU conniving in plunder of natural resources from the occupied Western Sahara (again).

MEPs rejected the deal in its current form by 326 votes to 296 on Wednesday, which will lead to its immediate suspension. They voted instead for a new protocol that is economically, ecologically and socially sustainable, and that fully respects international law. Back in Laayoune, Ismaili Mohamed Barek, 34, had been hoping for such an outcome. He …

"European Parliament's Development and Budget Committee both adopted an opinion calling on Parliament to reject the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement."

When it first came up in 2005, only Sweden voted against; when the renewal process began in February this year, five states refused to support it; that number has now risen to seven. And it still has to clear the European Parliament.

"Study finds that deal is not cost-effective and that agreement could break international law."

"The EU has paid too high a price to support its fishing fleet," said the 112-page report for the EU Commission.

"A controversial fisheries partnership agreement between the EU and Morocco has provided very poor returns to the European tax payer, and failed to bring about tangible benefits in the north African country, according to a report sponsored by the European Commission."

"The Spanish government, and Minister Aguilar in particular, are effectively choosing plunder over principle, and tarnishing the EU’s reputation worldwide. "

Isn't there something rotten about how Europe throws a pittance at the poor, while it empties the seas of their homeland?