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“Spain acting as an aggressor and not a European partner” with Gibraltar
MEP Ashley Fox said ”border problems like this are fast becoming an annual event and enough is enough” 
The irony is that it is not just inconvenient for Gibraltar but also causing huge problems for the thousands of Spanish who work in Gibraltar Gibraltar’s Conservative MEP Ashley Fox is compiling a dossier of constituent complaints and experiences of crossing the border in and out of Gibraltar. Mr Fox will hand the dossier to the EU Commission and says it will show Spain is acting “as an aggressor and not a European partner”, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle.
The dossier will use real life experiences of people who suffered delays as a result of the testing of new border systems, “…a decision nobody was given prior notice of.”
The MEP said he had already received a large number of complaints about long delays from tourists, local residents and cross border workers.
“The height of summer is simply not the time to start testing new systems but not informing anybody just proves that these delays are unwarranted, unjust and politically motivated,” Mr Fox said.
”The irony is that it is not just inconveniencing Gibraltarians and their local economy it is also causing huge problems for the thousands of Spanish who work in Gibraltar and have to pass through the border twice a day.”
“Border problems like this are fast becoming an annual event and enough is enough.”
“I want as many Gibraltarians, Spanish citizens and holiday makers as possible to contact me with their experiences. I will then hand every single one to the EU Commission in Brussels.”
“It is time the Commission shows leadership and proves to Gibraltarians they are not second class citizens of Europe.”
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Read all commentsIt isn't a matter of inconvenience. It's a matter of criminality. Spain is big on arguing that the Treaty of Utrecht only refers to the Port of Gibraltar. The
Aug 10th, 2015 - 10:52 am 0brainless Spanish. In 1713, territorial waters were defined by the “cannon-shot” rule. Usually three miles. No mention of any spanish territorial waters in the Treaty of Utrecht. So spain didn't have any. Fast forward to 1956/8 and UNCLOS I. And then on to 1982 and UNCLOS III. Suddenly, coastal states got territorial waters that didn't require cannon. But cannon can now have ranges of 100 nautical miles or more. Would Spain like that? All the cannon mounted in tunnels in The Rock.
And sink or shoot down anything spanish. Invaders deserve all they get.
The water territories are an interesting thing to talk, but the real dispute is on the isthmus where the airport was built and the waters that belong to it.
Aug 10th, 2015 - 01:10 pm 0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputed_status_of_the_isthmus_between_Gibraltar_and_Spain
Toke in a very British way in any case.
Mr Ashley really you should read more History!!
Aug 10th, 2015 - 01:58 pm 0The AGGRESSOR is Britain for invading another fellow European
nation and having THE LAST BRITISH COLONY on European soil.....
and who would want to have Britain as a European partner when you plant a
colony on its soil!!!!
back to class Mr Ashley..you are a joke!!
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