Moroccan Sahara Emerges as a Geo-Economic Hub Under EU-Morocco Deal
Turning Point in Morocco-EU Relations as Amended Agricultural Agreement Seals Territorial Integrity
Rabat – 4 October 2025 (Adnan Hameed) : The signing by Morocco and the European Union (EU) of the exchange of letters amending the agricultural agreement binding the two parties marks a founding step in the construction of a shared prosperity corridor, underlined geostrategy and security expert Cherkaoui Roudani.
Roudani indicated that this signature is not a simple sectoral adjustment but rather an act of geo-economic sovereignty.
By confirming that agricultural products from the Moroccan Sahara benefit from the same tariff preferences as those from the northern regions of the Kingdom, the EU is enshrining a truth that Rabat has always affirmed: any agreement signed with Morocco is signed with its entire territory, with inviolable respect for its territorial integrity, he noted.
In this regard, the expert clarified that this amendment is much more than a tariff mechanism, but places the Moroccan Sahara as an emerging geo-economic hub and a strategic node of agri-food flows linking Europe, Africa and the Atlantic.
Through the labeling promoting the regions of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab, this agreement projects the southern provinces of the Kingdom as platforms for a new model of inclusive development, he added.
According to the press note, Roudani stressed that the Moroccan Sahara is thus becoming a pivotal territory, generating wealth, creating jobs and a catalyst for genuine territorial socio-economic autonomy.
On the strategic level, the EU is sending a clear signal and is placing its relationship with Morocco in a logic where agricultural resources, logistics corridors and transcontinental value chains become instruments of stability and shared power, he continued, noting that the Moroccan Sahara is now a zone of geostrategic attraction and a crossroads of the future where the roads to global prosperity are being redesigned.
Ultimately, this amended agricultural agreement marks a turning point in the Morocco-EU relationship: it is a moment of geo-economic crystallization where law, economics and politics converge to seal a more robust and visionary alliance between the two parties, he concluded.
