Thomas Moore Institute Commented on Elyoun Events of Violence

The International Think-tank Thomas Moore institute based in Brussels  has published a note on the dismantling of the El-ayoun ( in the south of Morocco) on the  8^th of November While the security of the European Union cannot be dissociated from stability in the Maghreb and the Sahel, the clashes that followed the actions of the Moroccan security forces and the media blunders, particularly in Spain, serve as a reminder of the difficulties inherent in trying to put an end to a thirty-five- year old conflict, at the root of the blockage of the Arab Maghreb Union.

The note clarifies clearly that even if the intervention of Moroccan security forces may seem to be a godsend for the weakened Polisario Front, who hope to become a force to be reckoned with in international debates and tackle the centrifugal tendencies that stir up the Sahrawi movement, the efforts made by the UN and the informal talks between the protagonists have nothing to gain from radicalization in the region.

As  Antonin Tisseron, Associate Fellow at the Thomas More Institute, explained in a separate article, The dismantling of the El-ayoune camp by Moroccan authorities on 8 November provoked outrage amongst a large part of the Western press, quick to condemn Rabat. Contrasting sharply with these passions- and sometimes these excesses- the UN has shown more reserve. Even if radicalisation may seem to the

Polisario Front to be a means of opposing its disintegration, asserting itself on the international stage and undermining Morocco’s proposal of regional autonomy- although the most pragmatic solution to allow all protagonists to come out with their dignity intact-, the peace process and regional stability have nothing to gain by it. (For the whole article please click here)

Thomas Moore has stressed also in its note that resolving the Western Sahara conflict can only come from a coordinated response and concluded that the antagonisms and oppositions are already strong enough, against a background of geopolitical rivalry between Morocco and Algeria.

It is important to remind that Thomas Moore is following the western Sahara conflict, and has already published a related  report last April entitled “Towards a sustainable security in the Maghreb”

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