The debate in the Spanish Congress on 23 February 2010 is a socalled "Proposición no de ley", and was presented by a parliamentary group in December last year.
It will be debated in a special committee in the congress for EU affairs.
The debate, curiously enough, takes place the same day as the Legal Opinion from the European Parliament is to be debated in the EU Parliament's Fisheries Commitee for the first time.
The proposition in the debate is based on the Fish Elsewhere campaign's petition, and urges the Spanish government to "defend before the EU the illegality of the Moroccan government to negotiate over the exploitation of the occupied Western Sahara's natural resources".
See the entire text on the homepages on the homepages of the Spanish Congress.
The EU considers to pay Morocco to fish in occupied Western Sahara. An EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement from 2013 would be both politically controversial and in violation of international law.
The international Fish Elsewhere! campaign demands the EU to avoid such unethical operations, and go fishing somewhere else. No fishing in Western Sahara should take place until the conflict is solved.
