Algeria Criticizes EU Nations for Defying Court Ruling on Morocco Trade Deals

These countries do not "fundamentally believe in the doctrine of the United Nations concerning the protection of the resources of non-self-governing territories, by declaring that they will not respect the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which reflects a lack of consideration on their part for the relevant rules of international and European law," Algeria believes. It intends to influence their position.

Algeria says it is awaiting "from the European countries, as well as from the European Commission and the Council of the European Union, who have made respect for the rule of law a fundamental pillar of European external action, that they fully comply with the spirit and letter of the decisions rendered by the Court of Justice of the European Union in their final form, allowing no further recourse or appeal."

On Friday, the Court of Justice of the European Union annulled two agricultural and fisheries agreements concluded with Morocco. The EU indicated that these agreements were obsolete, as they were established "without the consent of the people of Western Sahara." A decision contested by Rabat, but welcomed by Algeria, which believes it confirms the illegality of the trade agreements concluded with the kingdom.