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  Politico - EU : Western Sahara
12  november     15h08
Algeria pardons imprisoned writer after case that sparked French outrage
Clea Caulcutt    Boualem Sansal, a vocal critic of the Algerian regime, was thrown behind bars last year on charges of undermining national unity.
07  august     11h01
Macron takes aim at Algerian officials in major diplomatic escalation
Victor Goury-Laffont    France and Algeria have experienced strained relations for over a year, amid a dispute with significant domestic repercussions.
01  july     11h33
Algerian court upholds 5-year prison sentence for author Boualem Sansal
Clea Caulcutt, Nicolas Barré    Sansal’s supporters say Algeria is using him as a geopolitical pawn.
10  june     02h00
As France-Algeria ties sour, supporters of imprisoned writer turn to Europe for help
Clea Caulcutt, Nicolas Barré    Writer Boualem Sansal has been in and out of hospital since he was locked up last November.
04  march     11h43
Macron throws cold water on French government’s fiery rhetoric on Algeria
Victor Goury-Laffont    The French president made clear that foreign policy was still under his remit.
26  february     13h21
Algeria blasts French government for following orders from the far right’ in immigration row
Victor Goury-Laffont    The French government is contemplating limiting the number of visas granted to Algerian citizens.
    03h01
Deadly knife attack reignites France’s politically charged immigration debate
Victor Goury-Laffont    How the government responds to Saturday’s tragedy will have domestic and geopolitical ramifications.
20  february     21h51
Moroccan authorities expel EU lawmakers trying to enter Western Sahara
Max Griera    Officials violently forced MEPs back onto their aircraft after declaring them persona non grata, the would-be visitors said.
27  january     03h43
Ultranationalist Algerian influencers wage war on France
Marion Solletty, Clea Caulcutt    Several online activists have been arrested over the past few weeks for inciting violence. Some have TikTok accounts with more than 400,000 followers.
14  january     03h00
It’s a mess’: Macron’s inner circle in turmoil after top adviser says he’s resigning
Clea Caulcutt, Élisa Bertholomey    Emmanuel Bonne wants to leave amid a heated rivalry and significant policy disputes.
10  january     15h25
Algeria wants to humiliate’ us in row over influencer, says France’s interior minister
Clea Caulcutt    Algerian social media personalities calling for violence in France have exacerbated the already fraught relationship between Paris and Algiers.
31  july     12h13
Macron triggers tensions with Algeria in supporting Morocco’s Western Sahara plan
Victor Goury-Laffont    The president said Paris’ support for plans for an autonomous region under Moroccan control is clear and unwavering.
26  june     04h00
China targets Morocco as launchpad into Europe’s green auto market
Antonia Zimmermann, Jordyn Dahl    As Brussels gets tougher on Chinese imports, Beijing is diversifying its strategies to maintain access to key markets.
15  december     03h01
Migration is derailing leaders from Biden to Macron. Who’s next?
Tim Ross, Annabelle Dickson, Clea Caulcutt, Myah Ward, Joseph Spector, Matthew Karnitschnig, Hannah Roberts, Pieter Haeck, Shawn Pogatchnik, Zi-Ann Lum, Aitor Hernández-Morales, Nektaria Stamouli    Rising voter concerns over migration are a threat to ruling parties ahead of elections in the US, UK, and EU next year.
12  december     17h46
Top human rights prize targeted by Qatargate corruption suspects
Eddy Wax, Gian Volpicelli, Elisa Braun    Suspects allegedly interfered with EU Sakharov Prize nominations to help foreign governments, leaked police files suggest.
07  december     03h00
The mystery of the untouched lawmaker at the heart of Qatargate
Eddy Wax, Elisa Braun, Gian Volpicelli    Belgian police place Maria Arena at the heart of the corruption ring in the European Parliament but have not questioned her.
28  november     03h00
Inside Morocco’s efforts to corrupt the European Parliament
Elisa Braun, Barbara Moens    Don’t call it Qatargate. Rabat’s been here for years.
11  september     13h37
Morocco stalls on French earthquake aid amid strained relations
Clea Caulcutt    An official visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco has been postponed several times.
16  february     03h00
Qatargate: Corruption scandal widens with more EU lawmakers in frame
Camille Gijs, Eddy Wax    Maria Arena and Alessandra Moretti are mentioned in arrest warrant for another MEP, Andrea Cozzolino.
16  december     17h21
EU Parliament scandal: The Morocco connection
Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif    Attention focuses on Rabat in snowballing corruption probe.
28  july     19h27
Blood for oil: Meet the world’s worst leaders selling dirty energy to Europe
Joshua Posaner    The EU wants to wean itself off fossil fuels from Russia. The other options aren’t great.
07  july     02h02
Spanish foreign minister presses EU to retrain focus on migration
Cristina Gallardo    After winning a NATO pledge to monitor the situation, José Manuel Albares tells POLITICO Spain is returning its sights to the intractable EU...
23  march     15h50
Spain’s Western Sahara pivot raises energy supply fears
Guy Hedgecoe    Policy change by Madrid has unleashed a fierce domestic backlash as well as an angry response from gas-rich Algeria.
19  may     10h16
EU’s Schinas to Morocco: Europe won’t be intimidated’ after migrant influx
Marina Adami    No one can blackmail the European Union,’ Schinas told Spanish radio after thousands of migrants reached Ceuta, a Spanish enclave.
18  may     14h20
EU urges Morocco to protect border with Spain after migrant influx
Cristina Gallardo    Thousands of people, including children, swam from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
10  december     20h13
EU stresses UN peace process after US U-turn on Western Sahara
Jacopo Barigazzi    Trump said Washington would recognize Rabat’s claim of sovereignty as part of a deal to normalize relations between Israel and Morocco.
18  april     14h13
Morocco offers fish for land
Kait Bolongaro    It seeks EU recognition of its claim to Western Sahara. Experts say this could set a precedent for other contested regions.
23  december     13h55
The EU’s Morocco problem
Mohammed Sidati    Europe’s highest court has ruled that the occupation of Western Sahara is illegal.
08  january     19h50
The highs and the lows
Paul Dallison    2013 was the year in which the eurozone crisis was no longer the dominant theme - although, as Cypriots can attest, the single currency was far from...
11  december     21h43
MEPs back Morocco fishing deal
Dave Keating    Support for restrictions on deep-sea fishing.
10  december     06h19
MEPs OK fishing in Morocco and the deep blue sea
Dave Keating    Controversial fishing agreement with Morocco agreed despite its inclusion of disputed Western Sahara.
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