In Spain, the House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday, October 16, rejecting the agricultural agreement between Morocco and the European Union, which covers products from Western Sahara. The proposal, introduced by the far-right party Vox, received unexpected backing from the far-left coalition Sumar, a member of the governing majority, as well as from the main opposition party, the People's Party (PP). This rare convergence between political extremes allowed the motion to pass. In contrast, the PSOE (Socialist Party), the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), Bildu, Podemos, Junts, the Canary Coalition, and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) voted against Vox's initiative. The adopted text calls for respect for the rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued on October 4, 2024, which found the application of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement to Western Sahara to be illegal. It also urges Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government to oppose any amendment to the Morocco-EU agreement that would extend preferential treatment to products originating from Western Sahara. The lower house further maintains that no trade or fisheries agreement should apply to the territory without the consent of its population, in line with the European jurisprudence established on October 4, 2024.
