Some airlines like Raynair, EasyJet and Vueling have been sanctioned by the European Union for charging additional fees to passengers with hand luggage on board. Brussels had requested that this hand luggage be free.
A batch of Moroccan olives exported to Spain would contain a high presence of Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide banned in the European Union (EU), the Rapid Alert System for Food and Human and Animal Feed (RASFF) has warned.
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has reaffirmed that Ceuta and Melilla are part of Spain and the EU. This, in response to Morocco which had described the two cities as "Moroccan".
Morocco has suspended the health and export licenses of producers who exported to Spain last week watermelons containing high levels of methomyl, a pesticide banned in the European Union (EU).
Spanish farmers are asking the European Union (EU) to require compliance with EU standards on the use of pesticides by third countries, including Morocco. An appeal made following the recent withdrawal from the Spanish market of a batch of Moroccan watermelons containing high levels of methomyl, a pesticide not authorized in the EU.
Morocco sold 248.8% more watermelons than Spain on the markets of the European Union (EU) in the month of April, according to data from the Euroestacom (ICEX-Eurostat) statistical services.
Spanish fishermen, who held 93 licenses to carry out their activities in Moroccan waters as part of the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement , will be the most affected by the end of this agreement on Monday, July 17.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, did not give importance to the Polisario Front’s proposal to issue licenses to Canary Island fishermen so that they can carry out their activities in the waters of the Sahara after the end, on July 17, of the agreement between the EU and Morocco.
Spain has just taken over the presidency of the European Union and will have to face an important challenge in the coming weeks, namely the renewal of the fisheries agreement with Morocco, which expires on July 17.
The Moroccan authorities will engage in negotiations with the European Commission regarding a European directive aimed at restricting the transfer of funds by Moroccans residing abroad (MREs), Abdellatif Jouahri, the governor of Bank Al Maghrib, recently announced.
As the fishing agreement between the European Union and Morocco, essential for the Andalusian province of Cadiz, approaches its expiration on July 17, anxiety is growing among the Andalusian fishing crews. The latter, who depend on Moroccan waters for their catches, fear the consequences of the end of this agreement.
The fisheries agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco will expire on July 17, just six days before the early elections of July 23 in Spain. A situation that risks undermining the fight against drug trafficking, immigration and terrorism between the two countries.