Asaja denounces the "blow" of the European Parliament to the countryside due to the labeling of Western Sahara

The agricultural organization Asaja has denounced the "blow" of the European Parliament to the Spanish countryside following its rejection of the labeling of origin for Western Sahara and has demanded that Spanish MEPs do not support the association agreement with Morocco pending the final decision. The European Parliament narrowly saved this Wednesday the European Commission's proposal to label fruits and vegetables from Western Sahara with the name of two Moroccan regions when imported to the EU, which according to some MEPs would be contrary to European legislation and jurisprudence. The objection raised by the European People's Party - to discard the regulation - required 360 votes in favor to pass (at least half plus one of the total deputies, now 719) and it remained at 359 votes in favor, with 188 against and 76 abstentions, in the opinion. In this way, the new regulation for the application of the rules on trade between the EU and Morocco of fruits and vegetables ...