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”Gibraltar at this moment, a minor issue” says Spanish Conservative think-tank
A senior director at a Conservative think-tank founded by Jose Maria Aznar, Spain’s former Popular Party prime minister, said Gibraltar was low on the list of priorities for Madrid, particularly at a time of crisis when it needed the UK as an ally. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“ He said he “sincerely” had no solution to the Gibraltar question.”
Dec 21st, 2011 - 02:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Recognition is, in fact, the only solution. Much as it is for Argentina's failed attempts to get anywhere with its spurious claims to the Falklands.
Bardají is one of the clearest examples of the anglosaxon lobby in Spain. he would like to return Spain again to 2003 with the picture of Bush, Blair and Aznar. Indeed, he will go back the great scam of the agreements of 2002 and the trick of the Parsley Island.
Dec 21st, 2011 - 08:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0Problem for spain is, one do they side with britain in order to protect their fishing industry that operates in the south atlantice in the falkland islands. Whilst at the same time combatting their debt issues in which they need the UK for.
Dec 21st, 2011 - 11:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Or, do they side make a fuss over Gibraltar, like argentina has with the falklands and face losing their fishing industry in the south atlantic and face an even worser outlook on their debt issues as a result of the UK no longer being on their side to support them.
I think option 1 is the likely and only route that Spain can follow. So i also suspect they would use their navy to protect their fishing industry in the south atlantic in cooperation with the british navy. So sorry Argentina looks like your strongest ally to your claim over the falklands is not on your side but on the UK's side. Which given you claim you inherited the islands from spain, only goes to show that Spain does not agree with you.
The LAW says Gibraltar is British. BRITAIN says that Gibraltar is Gibraltarian. Only Spain says Gibraltar is Spanish. Spain regularly acts illegally by invading British Gibraltar territorial waters claiming there is no such thing because the waters are not mentioned in the Treaty of Utrecht. Conveniently forgetting that, at the time of the Treaty, NO country had “territorial waters”.
Dec 21st, 2011 - 01:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Are we surprised at the similarities between the Argentines and the Spanish? We are not. They both lie. They both cheat. They both act illegally. They both ignore parts of law not in their favour. They are both full of sh*te. No, sorry, I take that back. They are both sh*te.
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