US EditionThe European Parliament Supports a Vote that Morocco Labels Western Sahara Products as Its Own in the Face of Farmers' Anger.
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The text, just adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday 26 November, introduces a specific labelling of agricultural products from Western Sahara which does not allow consumers to know their exact origin, according to several parliamentarians.
Morocco will be able to label the fruits and vegetables coming from the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara, alluding to the name of Moroccan regions in which this territory is situated, still pending a referendum on self-determination after a chaotic decolonization by Spain. It has done so by a single vote, since the proposal of the European People's Party (PPE) to reject this change in the Association Agreement - negotiated between the Eur…
By one vote, the Spanish People's Party in the European Parliament has not succeeded in bringing forward a motion that would have struck down a controversial legal patch designed by the European Commission - in collaboration with Morocco - with the aim of concealing the origin of fruit and vegetable products imported by the EU from the Sahara.
The Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers of Fruits and Vegetables (Fepex) has warned about the consequences and injury to consumers as a result of the entry into force of the amendment of the European regulation that will allow the productions coming from Western Sahara not to bear the indication of origin of this territory, [...] The Fepex entry alerts to the injury to consumers by the proposal to revise the EU-Morocco agreement appe…
The PSOE has supported the adoption of a measure in the European Union that will allow products from Morocco to hide their origin.This situation is a ‘unfair competition’ for national farmers, as the PP has denounced in the Chamber.The rejection by the Spanish Socialists of an alternative proposal by the popular has been key, as the vote that will finally allow this legal subterfuge has been chosen by a single vote.The German Commission Úrsula v…
The European Parliament approves labeling of Western Sahara products with Moroccan names (Symbolic image - Generated by AI) Upday Stock Images The European Parliament approved on Wednesday that fruits and vegetables from Western Sahara can be sold in Europe with labels that mention Moroccan administrative names, but avoid naming the Sahrawi territory as the country of origin. The decision maintains the existing trade agreement between the EU and…
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