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Between peace and prosperity - Fishy motives behind EU policy-making efforts in Western Saharan waters?

Prestgaard, Elin LU (2020) FKVK02 20201
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In 2019, the EU and Morocco implemented the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA). The agreement gives EU vessels right to fish not only in Moroccan waters, but also in waters adjacent to the occupied territory of Western Sahara. The SFPA followed on several rulings from the EU Courts, ruling previous trade agreements between the EU and Morocco illegal in their inclusion of the Western Saharan territory given its occupied status. The thesis here aims to analyze how the EU motivated to once again enter a trade agreement including Western Sahara, aiming for a better understanding of the way it here engages in the context of interstate, protracted conflict. The thesis utilizes a theoretical framework arguing that the EU’s... (More)
In 2019, the EU and Morocco implemented the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA). The agreement gives EU vessels right to fish not only in Moroccan waters, but also in waters adjacent to the occupied territory of Western Sahara. The SFPA followed on several rulings from the EU Courts, ruling previous trade agreements between the EU and Morocco illegal in their inclusion of the Western Saharan territory given its occupied status. The thesis here aims to analyze how the EU motivated to once again enter a trade agreement including Western Sahara, aiming for a better understanding of the way it here engages in the context of interstate, protracted conflict. The thesis utilizes a theoretical framework arguing that the EU’s external action is guided by a combination of self-interests and internalized values, where contextual features leads to adjustments and prioritizations between the two. Conducting a qualitative analysis of ideas of EU documents regarding the SFPA, the thesis finds that while the EU aimed for combining its interests and values, prioritizations were inevitable made.
While some of the values were complied with, the economic and security interests were prioritized by the EU’s main institutions in the case of the SFPA. (Less)
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author
Prestgaard, Elin LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
EU foreign policy, Western Sahara, Morocco, occupied territory, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement, analysis of ideas
language
English
id
9011199
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 11:51:42
date last changed
2020-09-21 11:51:42
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  abstract     = {{In 2019, the EU and Morocco implemented the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA). The agreement gives EU vessels right to fish not only in Moroccan waters, but also in waters adjacent to the occupied territory of Western Sahara. The SFPA followed on several rulings from the EU Courts, ruling previous trade agreements between the EU and Morocco illegal in their inclusion of the Western Saharan territory given its occupied status. The thesis here aims to analyze how the EU motivated to once again enter a trade agreement including Western Sahara, aiming for a better understanding of the way it here engages in the context of interstate, protracted conflict. The thesis utilizes a theoretical framework arguing that the EU’s external action is guided by a combination of self-interests and internalized values, where contextual features leads to adjustments and prioritizations between the two. Conducting a qualitative analysis of ideas of EU documents regarding the SFPA, the thesis finds that while the EU aimed for combining its interests and values, prioritizations were inevitable made. 
While some of the values were complied with, the economic and security interests were prioritized by the EU’s main institutions in the case of the SFPA.}},
  author       = {{Prestgaard, Elin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Between peace and prosperity - Fishy motives behind EU policy-making efforts in Western Saharan waters?}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}