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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 4h

🇪🇺 Spain’s fruit and vegetable exporter federation FEPEX is urging the @europarl.europa.eu to reject the new EU–Morocco trade deal covering #WesternSahara, saying it breaches two CJEU rulings and harms EU producers.
www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/fe...

Fepex sounds warning over new EU agreement with Morocco

Federation says it will cause a sharp increase in fruit and vegetable exports from the North African country

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 15h

Bravo! MEPs urge ‪EU Parliament President Metsola to rebuke @ec.europa.eu for:
1️⃣ Pushing a Morocco deal before Parliament's consent
2️⃣ Ignoring ECJ rulings
3️⃣ Rewarding Morocco’s illegal occupation of #WesternSahara
The EU can’t defend #RuleOfLaw while breaking it.
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/meps...

MEPs urge European Parliament President to act on controversial trade agreement with Morocco - Enhedslisten.EU

MEP Per Clausen has taken the initiative to a cross-party letter that asks the EP's President to act on the trade agreement with Morocco.

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 1d

🎬 This powerful documentary by Cogito on #WesternSahara goes well beyond the headlines, including on the role of the territory's resources in the conflict, the EU’s complicity and the legal reality that it is not Moroccan territory.
A must watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T2h...

Western Sahara "The Worst Police State I've Ever Seen"

YouTube video by Cogito

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 1d

🔴 The @ec.europa.eu is railroading a new Morocco trade deal that betrays democracy, farmers and the Saharawis' right to self-determination.
With @confpaysanne.bsky.social, we call on @europarl.europa.eu to stop it - for Europe, Morocco & #WesternSahara.
www.confederationpaysanne.fr/actu.php?id=...

Accord UE-Maroc : la Commission européenne s'obstine dans la voie du libre-échange

La Commission européenne a officialisé ce 6 octobre, aux forceps, la conclusion d'un nouvel accord UE-Maroc. Il y a un an, la CJUE nous a donné raison, suite à notre action en justice en déclarant ill...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 EU set to adopt a #Morocco trade deal for occupied #WesternSahara before the weekend.
Yet the text is still not public - unlike other sensitive files (e.g. suspended #Israel trade concessions were published next day).
Democracy? Transparency? Missing.
wsrw.org/en/news/eu-p...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | EU pushes secretive Morocco trade deal covering Western Sahara

As EU ambassadors give their green light to a new Morocco trade deal, the public is still denied access to the very agreement they are voting on - a striking case of secrecy in Brussels.

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 8d

🇪🇺🍅 Spanish farmers’ union #COAG blasts the new EU–Morocco trade deal covering #WesternSahara:
👉 “The Commission mocks farmers, consumers, the CJEU and the Saharawi people.”
Unfair competition + zero respect for rulings = a deal built on injustice.
www.coagandalucia.com/2025/09/30/a...

¡Aquí hay tomate! La Comisión Europea, a carcajada limpia - COAG Andalucía

¡Aquí hay tomate! La Comisión Europea, a carcajada limpia

www.coagandalucia.com

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 TODAY: EU Member States vote on a trade deal covering occupied #WesternSahara - rushed through after mere days of scrutiny.
It will take effect despite 10 CJEU rulings, and without Saharawi or @europarl.europa.eu consent.
This isn’t rule-of-law. It’s rubber-stamping occupation.

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Growing backlash in Europe as the #EU rushes a new trade deal in occupied #WesternSahara.
📅 Member states' vote is tomorrow.
We’re tracking the reactions here ⬇️
wsrw.org/en/news/a-de...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | "A declaration of war" - new EU agreement reactions

A wave of reactions is rippling across Europe following the news that the EU is moving ahead with a new trade agreement in occupied Western Sahara. The vote is scheduled for tomorrow.

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 9d

EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause

After the EU's top court ruled that the deal breached the principle of self-determination, Brussels was given 12 months to comply

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: @ec.europa.eu is pushing through a trade deal with #Morocco that treats #WesternSahara as Moroccan territory.
❌No #Saharawi consent.
❌No transparency.
❌No rule of law.
Vote in @press.consilium.europa.eu this Wednesday!
Read the leaked plan here: wsrw.org/en/news/comm...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 21d

💧 Water from Moroccan taps will soon run on #WesternSahara’s stolen wind.
Desalination in #Casablanca & #Agadir deepens #Morocco's dependence on the occupation - with Spain co-funding & firms like @accionaenergia.bsky.social + #grupocox driving it.
Full story 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 Spanish firms like Nuchar, Discefa & 3 de Pulpo falsely market their operations as #MSC certified.
In reality:
❌they import from occupied #WesternSahara
❌MSC confirms: no fisheries in these waters are certified
This is whitewashing occupation.
wsrw.org/en/news/mscs...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 28d

WSRW reveals: #Skretting Turkey involved in #WesternSahara fish plunder, and falsely claimed BAP certification.
✅ BAP intervened & the false claim is now gone! Kudos!
❌ Skretting still uses #GLOBALGAP certificates...
Details 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/skre...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Sep 7

🚨 We’ve received another photo of tomatoes in an #EDEKA store - this time in #Dresden - falsely labeled as “Morocco.”
The GGN code shows they were grown in occupied #WesternSahara, on a farm certified by #GLOBALGAP as if it were in Morocco - raising questions about credibility.

Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 With the help of volunteers across Europe, we have identified products on the EU market carrying false country-of-origin labels.

Here's a case of tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, labeled as from #Morocco, certified by #GLOBALGAP.

👉 wsrw.org/en/news/bewa...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 With the help of volunteers across Europe, we have identified products on the EU market carrying false country-of-origin labels.

Here's a case of tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, labeled as from #Morocco, certified by #GLOBALGAP.

👉 wsrw.org/en/news/bewa...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 A Saharawi refugee farmer slams German scheme #GLOBALGAP for certifying Moroccan farms in occupied #WesternSahara as “sustainable.”

“This is colonialism rebranded: GLOBALG.A.P. is giving the brutal Moroccan take-over of our land a stamp of legitimacy.”

👉 wsrw.org/en/news/farm...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Sep 1

🇫🇷 The town of #Dreux is backing an energy project in occupied #WesternSahara, defying EU and French court rulings that #Morocco has no sovereignty.
wsrw.org/en/news/fren...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | French publicly-owned firm plans energy project in occupied Western Sahara

The French town of Dreux considers ignoring a ruling in the French courts and to engage with a controversial energy operation in occupied Western Sahara. 

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Can settler agriculture on occupied land ever be "responsible"? Yes, according to the certification scheme GLOBALG.A.P. If Moroccan firms follow the occupier's laws and ignore the rights of Saharawis, it's ok! Clients: steer away from the GlobalGAP label. wsrw.org/en/news/glob... #WesternSahara

Western Sahara Resource Watch | GLOBALG.A.P. brands settler farms “responsible”

A German certification scheme for responsible farming refers to Moroccan settler agriculture on occupied land as “responsible”. 

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Aug 27

A welcome development! 🇪🇺 Spanish @eppgroup.bsky.social calls to exclude #WesternSahara from EU-Morocco trade, citing:
⚖️ breach of CJEU rulings on #Saharawi consent
💶 tax losses up to €70m
⚠️ unfair competition in EU fruit & veg markets
wsrw.org/en/news/span...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Spanish conservatives call for Western Sahara exclusion from EU-Morocco trade

The Spanish delegation to the EPP group in the EU Parliament requests that Western Sahara be excluded from the EU-Morocco trade agreement. 

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨 BREAKING: @ec.europa.eu seeks new trade talks with Morocco - to keep #WesternSahara imports flowing. Instead of #Saharawi consent, it opts for a “benefits monitoring mechanism”.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/eu-s...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔴 The Moroccan government has confirmed several green hydrogen projects totalling 20 GW of renewables and up to 8 million tonnes of derivatives - many planned in occupied #WesternSahara.
wsrw.org/en/news/moro...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Aug 7

If the #IFS logo is supposed to safeguard against #foodfraud, then why does it appear on products from occupied #WesternSahara wrongly labelled as Moroccan?
IFS won’t answer.
📖https://wsrw.org/en/news/is-ifs-food-facilitating-food-fraud
#IFSFood #DueDiligence #Traceability

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Aug 6

🔴#TUVRheinland, the German certifier with the slogan “Precisely Right”, certifies a Moroccan company in occupied #WesternSahara - and refuses to acknowledge it's not #Morocco. More like "precisely political". Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/tuv-...
#DueDiligence #ISO

Western Sahara Resource Watch | TÜV Rheinland gets the geography precisely wrong

“The award for the most ironic company slogan goes to TÜV Rheinland”, stated WSRW.

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Aug 5

Occupation is not a backdrop.
✊ Join the hundreds of artists, journalists & human rights defenders who’ve signed @fisaharafilmfest.bsky.social’s manifesto opposing #ChristopherNolan’s #TheOdyssey shoot in occupied #WesternSahara.
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FiSahara @fisaharafilmfest.bsky.social · Aug 4

Over One Hundred Artists, Journalists, Activists and Human Rights Defenders Sign on to #FiSahara’s Manifesto Against #TheOdyssey (#ChristopherNolan) Shoot in Occupied #WesternSahara.
#FreeWesternSahara
festivalsahara.org/en/the-odyss...

MANIFESTO

THE ODYSSEY: REVERSE COURSE AFTER FILMING IN MOROCCO-OCCUPIED WESTERN SAHARA The Western Sahara International Film Festival (FiSahara), joined by artists, solidarity organizations and human rights gro...

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · Aug 1

📣 The Alliance for Water Stewardship is whitewashing occupation.
It certified Azura’s tomato farms in occupied #WesternSahara - mistaking the location, ignoring EU court rulings, and failing to question #Morocco’s role.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
#AWS #WaterJustice #HumanRights

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