Marrakech \u2013 The European Union spokesperson for Foreign Affairs crushed separatist ambitions Friday, firmly declaring that \u201cneither the EU nor any of its Member States recognize the SADR.\u201d<\/p>\n
This decisive statement shattered Polisario\u2019s attempts to exploit their marginal presence at the EU-AU ministerial meeting in Rome on June 27, where the fictional entity desperately sought international validation.<\/p>\n
The EU spokesperson meticulously dismantled<\/a> any misconceptions by attributing the paper state\u2019s presence exclusively to African Union invitation procedures, asserting that \u201cinvitations to African members are sent by the African Union.\u201d He stressed that the EU\u2019s position remains unaltered despite the separatist group\u2019s attendance.<\/p>\n \u201cThe modalities agreed upon provide that each party is responsible for inviting its own members,\u201d the spokesperson articulated, effectively severing any connection between EU policies and the illusory republic\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n This latest rejection mirrors the humiliating scenario that unfolded<\/a> last May during the AU-EU Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, where Polisario representatives encountered complete isolation and irrelevance despite maneuvering to attend under the African Union\u2019s umbrella.<\/p>\n Just days before that Brussels meeting, the EU had already delivered<\/a> an uncompromising repudiation of the phantom entity, with the bloc\u2019s spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy bluntly declaring that \u201cneither the EU nor any of its Member States recognize the SADR.\u201d<\/p>\n The spokesperson had emphatically hammered home that \u201cthe position of the EU is well known\u201d and that the illusory entity\u2019s presence \u201cat the EU-AU ministerial meeting has no influence whatsoever on this position,\u201d representing a devastating diplomatic setback for the separatist agenda.<\/p>\n Then, in Brussels, the separatist group\u2019s diplomatic insignificance crystallized when they received merely a hastily scribbled \u201cSADR\u201d label on a plain sheet of paper, while legitimate African states enjoyed full protocol honors and recognition.<\/p>\n During the meeting, the EU\u2019s High Representative deliberately vacated the room during the brief moments when a Polisario representative attempted to address the assembly, delivering an unmistakable message of rejection and further exposing the group\u2019s political invisibility.<\/p>\n These mounting diplomatic failures for the Algerian-fabricated entity coincide with a seismic shift in international positions regarding the Western Sahara dispute.<\/p>\n In July 2024, the African Union Executive Council demolished<\/a> the separatist narrative with a resounding verdict\u201452 out of 54 nations voting to exclude the pseudo-state from the pan-African body\u2019s engagements with international partners.<\/p>\n This overwhelming decision provoked Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf to erupt with claims that certain parties sought to \u201cinstitutionalize a policy of exclusion\u201d against what he desperately characterized as \u201ca founding member of our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n Political analyst Oualid Kebir decoded this reaction as betraying a \u201cdeep sense of pain and an explicit acknowledgment of the resounding diplomatic defeat\u201d absorbed by Algeria, which had previously manipulated the fictional entity into positions within African institutions.<\/p>\n The international community increasingly gravitates toward Morocco\u2019s 2007 Autonomy Plan as the definitive solution, supported by nearly two decades of UN resolutions endorsing this approach as the optimal route to a politically viable settlement.<\/p>\n The momentum behind Morocco\u2019s territorial integrity continues to accelerate, with the United Kingdom recently joining<\/a> the expanding coalition of 120 countries backing Morocco\u2019s plan\u2014signaling the irreversible collapse of the separatist illusion.<\/p>\n The fictitious \u201cSADR\u201d entity, a destabilizing relic that only exists in Tindouf camps, remains propped up by Algeria while the actual territory thrives under Morocco\u2019s rightful and legitimate control.<\/p>\n In another crippling blow to the Polisario\u2019s secessionist agenda, US Congressman Joe Wilson, alongside Democratic Representative Jimmy Panetta, has submitted<\/a> a bipartisan bill seeking to classify the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization, potentially subjecting it to stringent sanctions and complete diplomatic isolation.<\/p>\n Just hours after this legislative push, the front delivered a confirmatory nudge to show its terror intentions by launching<\/a> projectiles near the southern Moroccan city of Es-Smara, causing panic among civilians and prompting a MINURSO field investigation of what local Sahrawi NGOs condemned<\/a> as a \u201chostile act\u201d violating international law.<\/p>\n