Gibraltar, a ‘smokescreen’ to distract Spain’s austerity cuts claims political party
The Spanish leftwing political party Izquierda Unida [IU] has tabled questions in Spain’s parliament asking why Gibraltar continues to be a priority matter for the central government in Madrid.
Joan Josep Nuet, an MP for Esquerra Unida i Alternativa, the Catalan branch of IU, said he tabled the questions after Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy recently used his first speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations to call for bilateral sovereignty talks with Britain.
MP Nuet said that the statements on Gibraltar are “a smokescreen” to distract attention and avoid facing up to responsibilities for austerity cuts and the economic crisis facing Spain.
He has asked why Gibraltar continues to be a priority given the current circumstances in Spain, and what measures the government in Madrid will adopt to that end.
Izquierda Unida is a political coalition organized in 1986 which brought together several political organizations opposed to Spain joining NATO.
In the general election of 2011, the coalition made major gains taking 6.9% of the vote and 11 seats, their best result since 1996. It also shares government with the Socialist Party in Andalusia since 2012.
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Spain is in the plug hole,
And trying to pass the buck onto Gibraltar,
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Leave them alone,
Its your sink, your plughole,
Your drain, so go down it quietly please.
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Spain has fallen off a cliff with over 25% unemployment and worse to come and Argentina is closely following behind.
As their economies worsen, expect more childish antiques and increasingly bizarre behavior to hide from the truth.
@4
Communist? Really?
I certainly doubt that you or your family have lived long enough in Australia to know and realise the importance of our links to Britain and America.
As for this story, yes, the party in question may be a left wing party, but is it wrong in pointing out the bleeding obvious...that the Spanish government like its former colony, Argentina, is using a nationalistic distraction in the form of Gibralter, to take the minds of the Spanish public away from their true problem, the national economy.
He's not an Aussie at all.
l've lived in Australia & have asked him quite a few questions.
He knows next to nothing about Australia.
Hes either a Spanish or Argentine troll.
*8 Isolde you are a pain in the a*****´arent you??
Having visited Gibraltar on many occasions it is plainly evident that both Spain and Gibraltar profit from being different states. The Rock attracts tourists to the region and provides jobs for Spanish workers.
In any case Spain has no rights to Gibraltar just like Argentina has no rights to the Falkland Islands. But it is a great distraction ploy used by governments in trouble to distact a gullible electorate away from poor political governance. WAKE UP.
Spain has already enough tourists in Spain.It doesn´t need the “ tourists” coming to Gibraltar.
*11 “square and fair” hahaha read your history and see what was square and fair as you have no idea what you are talking about.
You are the same too much mouth..weapons this and weapons that but in real life you just hide behind your keyboard and pretend to be a BIG boy. and let the real boys do the work for you.....
Now don’t be silly,
This is 2012, not 1812,
And the true fact is, no country to, that even resembles democracy, has the right to conquer or invade another country, full stop,
And you know it,
But if you wish to turn the clocks back,
Then all countries have a right to invade anyone, and that includes invading. Argentina and Spain,
So be sensible,
Spain like argentina has not rights, moral, legal or otherwise.
You are being duped by CFK - She's on M16's payroll
If you kept up with the news, you would know that Spain can't afford to buy a decent meal right now let alone any property.
Becareful because soon it will be Britain who will not be able tobuy a decent meal. The tide is turning........
Btw I don't think aussie_sunshine is Argentine, I think he's Spanish
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