The disputed Western Sahara remains the driving force behind Morocco’s foreign policy, King Mohammed VI said in a rare speech on Friday.

Morocco slams ECJ ruling that said the people of Western Sahara were not consulted before the 2019 deals were signed.

The European Court of Justice ruled on Friday that the European Commission had breached the right of people in Western Sahara to self-determination by concluding trade deals with Morocco.

The European Union’s top court says fisheries and agriculture agreements reached between the bloc and Morocco five years ago failed to include consultations with the people of Western Sahara

Polisario responds after European Court of Justice rules that fisheries deal violated right to self-determination of Western Sahara's people

On 4 October, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld its 2021 decision that declared the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement between the E.U. and Morocco invalid, annulling the deal over Morocco’s political conflict with neighboring Western Sahara.

France has reaffirmed its commitment to its strong partnership with Morocco following the European Court of Justices (ECJ) ruling on the EU-Morocco fisheries and agriculture agreements.