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Barroso said Spain denied queues at the Gibraltar border were ‘on purpose’
The President of the European Commission said this week that Europe “would not hesitate to act” if it found evidence that Spanish border checks in the Gibraltar border breached EU rules on freedom of movement. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesStill waiting for someone to give me ONE thing the Spanish government has gained out of this farce so far!
Sep 15th, 2013 - 09:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just ONE!
Pretty please....
What is the point of calling for negotiations in good faith when Spain is even denying that the queues are politically motivated? How can you negotiate with people like that?
Sep 16th, 2013 - 03:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0@1. errr No, thought i had one but it's gone.
They won the right to host the 2020 Olympic games didn't they?
Sep 16th, 2013 - 03:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0I assume that the fact finding mission is walking from Brussells to Gibraltar? Via Helsinki perhaps? Nothing else could explain how long it is taking to get there.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 04:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0@3 No, they didn't. The 2020 Olympics will be held in Tokyo.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 05:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0@4 Yes it could. Spain is delaying it so that they can complete their cover-up. Trouble is that they won't be able, legally, to get at Gibraltar's CCTV recordings. I've been to Gibraltar “in the summer”. 5, 6, 7, 8 hour queues are totally unjustified. I know that the queues involve vehicles and not pedestrians, but consider how many vehicles are necessary to generate queues of that length. Look at Spain trying to widen the scope. “Tax fraud”? The Commission has already checked Gibraltar for that and pronounced it “clean”. “Environmental complaints”? The artificial reef is in Gibraltar waters and meets all environmental criteria. And they are Gibraltar waters despite what Spain says. Why would Spain moan about land reclamation when it does it itself. Spain lies! Why does Spain refuse to go to the ICJ?
@1 Hey it brought Spain closer to Argentina, right? Oh wait, you said name a positive thing. I got nothing.....
Sep 16th, 2013 - 09:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0There's not much chance here. Barroso is a Maoist commie. He's already trying to go beyond what he was asked to do. Trying to brown-nose Spain. Looks like we're headed for a war. Britain will not step back. Seems like British naval vessels are appearing more frequently around Gibraltar. Don't mess around. Sink any spanish intruder. Blow everything out of the water or create new “artificial reefs”. If the Spanish are “lucky”, the corpses will float to the surface. Whoops, “environmental pollution”. Sink hooks and tow them out to sea. Fishfood!
Sep 16th, 2013 - 10:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is a big own goal by the Spanish government. So far they have upset the Gibraltarians, the UK government, Spanish workers queuing to enter Gib and the bar and restaurant owners in La Linea who's takings are 25% down because the Gibraltarians are staying at home. Little wonder why there's 26% unemployment in Spain if the clowns in Madrid act like this.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 11:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps a hydrofoil/hovercraft link to the Kingdom of Morocco might work wonders.
@1 mmmm..... what have they gained??
Sep 16th, 2013 - 02:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0unwanted EU headache??
Growing 3rd world, tinpot country status??
a lot of empty hotels next year??
international ridicule!
The crack in Barroso's arse must be steel lined for sitting on all those fences.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 05:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Barroso: “But at this moment I cannot state what will be the next step before we make this mission that we are now preparing”
Sep 16th, 2013 - 10:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well, I can.
The next step is to warn Spain of the date of the inspection, so the fact-finding mission can claim that they did not observe any queues.
South of the Pyrenees, south of the Alps, south and east of Austria is where the apples are rotten.
@9 Pirate Love
Sep 22nd, 2013 - 03:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And if they play their cards right (they seem to believe things are going their way at the moment), they could trigger support for a Catalonian independence referendum, the loss of trade and jobs to Morrocco, support for a Morroccan claim to Ceuta etc, and the refusal by the UK to support any bail outs from the EU.
You can see where Argentina inherited the 'we lost, so therefore we have won' perspective on events.
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