EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause

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...

💧 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...

🚨 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...

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...

🚨 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.

🚨 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...

🚨 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...

🇫🇷 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...

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

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...

🚨 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...

🔴 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...

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

🔴#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

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. 👇👇👇

📣 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

🚨 Kudos to #Airbnb! The firm has removed all references to "#Morocco” from listings in occupied #WesternSahara, following our letter! 🗺️✊ Will #hotelsdotcom and #Expedia follow this worthy lead? Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/airb...

EXPOSED: As the #EU–#Morocco trade deal nears annulment, Morocco’s agri-exporters are lobbying Brussels to keep trade flowing from occupied #WesternSahara - despite clear #CJEU rulings. 📢 The EU must now choose: uphold the law or enable violations of it. wsrw.org/en/news/brus...

📢 Spanish farmers and a consumer rights watchdog have filed a formal complaint with their national consumer authorities, accusing French retailer @carrefourgroup.bsky.social of deceptively marketing #Azura-brand tomatoes from #WesternSahara as “Moroccan”. wsrw.org/en/news/comp...

French renewable company #Voltalia no longer reports on its ownership in a windfarm in occupied #WesternSahara in its most recent financial report to the French authorities. But why? wsrw.org/en/news/volt...

🔴 #Morocco’s push for “digital sovereignty” masks its denial of the #Saharawi people's sovereign rights. How digital progress turns into digital colonialism in occupied #WesternSahara. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...

Representatives of the certification body #QualityAustria inspected Moroccan fish exporting companies in occupied #WesternSahara. Did the company know which country they had visited? That is one of many questions the firm will not answer. #csr wsrw.org/en/news/qual...

Kudos to #Denmark 🇩🇰 for standing firm on international law. When Danish firm GreenGo sought support for a project in occupied #WesternSahara, the govt rightly said no. #BusinessEthics #ClimateJustice #JustTransition wsrw.org/en/news/denm...

A firm from the UAE is set to develop a new controversial wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara later this year - another project that aids locking in #Morocco's occupation under the pretext of green energy, while sidelining the #Saharawi people’s rights. wsrw.org/en/news/emir...

📢 They finally admit it. For years, Olvea avoided responding to our letters. The company does not mention it has operations in occupied #WesternSahara in any of its public reporting. Until we dug up smoking-gun evidence... wsrw.org/en/news/olve...

📢 Good news! The last remaining importer of phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara in #Australia has announced that it will no longer purchase the conflict mineral. #bhr #csr wsrw.org/en/news/aust...

The long-promised Bitcoin wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara has seemingly come to a complete standstill. wsrw.org/en/news/what...

🔴 #BureauVeritas will help Morocco’s Prime Minister build a wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/bure... #BusinessEthics #CSR #CorporateAccountability #BusinessAndHumanRights

📢Out now! The 2025 edition of P for Plunder! Our annual update on #Morocco's exports of occupied #WesternSahara's phosphates reveals a steadily declining number of companies involved. In 2024, only four importers purchased the #conflictmineral. wsrw.org/en/news/wsrw...

Happy to share my first piece in @opiniojuris.bsky.social on "Settler Tourism in #WesternSahara and the Commodification of Occupied Territories", where I take aim at @ryanairofficial.bsky.social & others and draw comparisons with Trump's plans for Palestine as Riviera opiniojuris.org/2025/05/23/d...

Since 2019, we observed an annual small shipment of phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara to an unknown importer in #Japan. We've now identified the company importing the #conflictmineral. wsrw.org/en/news/japa...

Near a million tonnes of sand was exported from occupied #WesternSahara to the #Canaries during the last five years, a new WSRW report reveals. wsrw.org/en/news/new-...

Windmill components for yet another controversial windfarm in occupied #WesternSahara are now arriving in the territory. This time the project is part-owned by the Moroccan Prime Minister. wsrw.org/en/news/moro...

Eight #UN rapporteurs call on #Morocco to stop tearing down #Saharawi property as the Kingdom expands green energy projects in occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/un-e... @siemensenergy.bsky.social @enelgroupit.bsky.social @gevernova.com

Heidelberg Materials AG confirmed that it is supplying cement and concrete to #Morocco's construction of large-scale infrastructure projects in occupied #WesternSahara: the new ports of El Aaiún and #Dakhla. wsrw.org/en/news/heid...

German insurance giant #Allianz confirms that it continues to provide services in occupied #WesternSahara through its Moroccan subsidiary Allianz Maroc - which will not shy away from celebrating one of the gravest violations of international law since the second World War. wsrw.org/en/news/alli...

The firms are to construct 1,200 MW of wind power capacity in occupied #WesternSahara & a 1,400 km transmission line to transport the electricity to #Morocco proper – assisting Morocco in its blatant violation of international law & #Saharawi rights. wsrw.org/en/news/taqa...

The @ec.europa.eu’s aid to #WesternSahara refugees is appreciated. But it can do more: upholding EU Court rulings that bar extending EU-Morocco deals into occupied WS without #Saharawi consent will boost the #UN peace process that can end the hardship.

Good piece on the #Saharawi refugees' efforts to grow produce in their desert camps, to supplement waning humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, produce tiled by large agri-businesses in their homeland #WesternSahara is used by #Morocco to try to normalise a brutal occupation. worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/...

Bureau Veritas is increasingly assisting foreign corporations on the occupied territory of #WesternSahara, through participating in or sponsoring events and certifying Moroccan and foreign businesses in the territory. wsrw.org/en/news/bure...

Firms should know that when they do business with #Morocco in occupied #WesternSahara, they are contributing to the prolongation of a conflict that has resulted in a humanitarian crisis. Some key-points from the 2024 #Saharawi Refugees Response Plan 👇🧵 reliefweb.int/report/alger...

The Finnish company #Wärtsilä refers to #WesternSahara as part of #Morocco and cites the positions of “certain countries” to justify its operations in the occupied territory. wsrw.org/en/news/wart...

Rather than fully acknowledging the implications of the #CJEU rulings, #SiemensEnergy now selectively highlights aspects to seemingly justify a continued, controversial involvement in occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/siem...

🔴 Brazilian company Votorantim is a key player in the sand plunder of Western Sahara. wsrw.org/en/news/braz...

🔴 @engie.com is now producing electricity in occupied #WesternSahara to boost agricultural activity in the territory – a sector that has been subject to the #CJEU rulings barring #EU-#Morocco trade deals in the territory for violating self-determination. wsrw.org/en/news/engi...

French multinational @engie.com will not respond to questions as to how its monster-deal with #Morocco's state-owned phosphate company #OCP relates to occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/engi... #Bizhumanrights

Kosmos Energy has finally taken down a website that was set up to embellish its oil and gas exploration offshore occupied Western Sahara. wsrw.org/en/news/west...

The French multinational VINCI will not respond to questions about its potential stake in a wind energy project in occupied Western Sahara in partnership with the Moroccan prime minister. wsrw.org/en/news/vinc...

The Belgian-related UAE company Dahamco is to invest several billion dollars in a highly problematic energy project on occupied territory. wsrw.org/en/news/uae-...