Gibraltar has a right to reject shared sovereignty, admits Spanish minister: "we need to be realistic"

Gibraltar has a right to reject shared sovereignty, admits Spanish minister: “we need to be realistic”

Wednesday, January 11th 2017 - 07:47 UTC

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Spain has little prospect of gaining joint sovereignty over Gibraltar, Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis said this weekend as he acknowledged that Gibraltarians “have a right” to reject the offer. In an interview with the leading Spanish newspaper El País, the foreign minister insisted any post-Brexit relationship between Gibraltar and the EU must first be agreed by the UK and Spain. Read full article

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Brit Bob
Do the Spanish have a claim to Gibraltar?

Based on what??

Gibraltar - Some Relevant International Law: https://www.academia.edu/10575180/Gibraltar_-_Some_Relevant_Internationa...

The Spanish claim that Gibraltar has no territorial waters. Perhaps they're wrong.

Gibraltar – Territorial Waters:-

https://www.academia.edu/10575180/Gibraltar_-_Some_Relevant_Internationa...
Jan 11th, 2017 - 10:25 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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falklandlad
Macri and Mallocora would be well advised adopt a pragmatic leaf from Sr Dastis assessment who said “the co-sovereignty proposal presented by Garcia-Margallo was still on the table” but he added: “I think we need to be realistic.” If the UK does not want to negotiate, it will be hard to move forward with this, and one of the elements that London is considering before deciding whether to negotiate is the opinion of Gibraltarians”. What does London repeatedly tell Argentina!
Jan 11th, 2017 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Marti Llazo
A review of the lexicon of both Peninsular Spanish and the Argentine dialects reveals a paucity of terms that suggest a cultural appreciation of the concept of “realism.”
Jan 11th, 2017 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Briton
We Will Rock You – The Resilience and Importance of Gibraltar
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/will-rock-resilience-importance-gibraltar/

And again Spain intrudes,
The (endless) cycle of Spanish incursions into Gibraltar waters
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/will-rock-resilience-importance-gibraltar/
Jan 12th, 2017 - 08:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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