EU MOROCCO FISHING AGREEMENT APPROVAL DELAY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
April 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IMPLEMENTATION of the European Union's (EU) new fishing agreement with Morocco will be delayed by at least one month after the European Parliament refused to fast track its scrutiny of the deal. Rejecting a call from the EU Council of Ministers for parliamentary committees to immediately wind-up their inquiries and for MEPs to vote on the agreement Thursday April 6, the parliament will now approve or reject its terms in May. Although MEPs do not have the power to change the agreement, they must be formally consulted before the council can ...
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