The Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers (Fepex) used the Fruit Logistica trade show in Berlin to launch an offensive against agricultural imports from Morocco. The organization highlighted a one-to-ten labor cost gap and the use of plant protection substances banned in the EU.
Europe is toughening its stance, but the reality on the ground is catching up with it. In the third quarter of this year, the European Union countries ordered nearly 6,700 Moroccans to leave the territory. An impressive figure on paper, but which hides a bitter failure in implementation: the vast majority of these expulsions are never carried out.
The European Parliament is tightening the screws. By placing Morocco on its list of "safe countries" , Strasbourg is paving the way for accelerated asylum procedures and rapid repatriation of Moroccan nationals.
It is a Sword of Damocles weighing on 130 billion dirhams. The European directive threatening to asphyxiate Moroccan bank subsidiaries in the Old Continent is entering a critical phase. Faced with the urgency, Abdellatif Jouahri is playing the card of pragmatism: a "positive" agreement is concluded with France, but it remains suspended on the decisive green light from the European Commission to become the shield of the entire diaspora.
The new agricultural agreement between Morocco and the European Union , which came into force in early October 2025, almost failed to be blocked in the European Parliament. A motion of objection, submitted to the vote on November 26, was rejected by a single vote (359 votes in favor), validating the text at the last minute, which in particular frames the labeling of products from the Sahara.
The European Commission (EC) has approved a proposal to open negotiations for a new fisheries agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, announced on Tuesday Costa Kadis, the European Commissioner for Fisheries, before the Spanish deputies and senators.
The Moroccan Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers and Exporters (APEFEL) expresses its concerns about the disinformation campaign against Moroccan tomatoes in certain European media, particularly in France.
Morocco exported between August 2024 and July 2025 158,860 tons of watermelons to the European Union, or 9.6% of total EU imports, establishing itself as the third largest supplier to Europe with 177.44 million euros in sales at an average price of 1.12 euros per kilo.
Spanish producers fear an increase in tomato exports produced in the Moroccan Sahara to European markets, following the new trade agreement between Morocco and the European Union (EU).
The new agreement between the European Union and Morocco including the Sahara is worrying European fruit and vegetable producers who fear a continuation of unfair competition from the kingdom.
The Polisario Front has "vigorously" condemned the new trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, which came into force on Friday. The said agreement explicitly includes products from the Moroccan Sahara.
The Member States of the European Union will examine tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1, a new trade agreement concluded with Morocco explicitly covering the Sahara.