UK/EU transition includes Gibraltar, but Spain retains veto power

Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 07:35 UTC

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The UK and the European Union have agreed the terms of a transition deal that covers Gibraltar but also maintains Spain’s controversial veto, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle. Gibraltar is included within the territorial scope of a draft withdrawal agreement that also sets out arrangements to smooth the UK’s departure from the bloc after March 2019. Read full article

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Brit Bob
It seems that the Spanish are after the airport...

Mr Dastis, Spanish Foreign Minister, repeated Spain’s traditional position on the isthmus, insisting that Spain “has a claim” on the area of land on which the airport is built. (Chronicle 25 Feb 18).
Gibraltar Isthmus – Acquisitive Prescription (1 pg):-
https://www.academia.edu/35658479/Gibraltar_Isthmus_Acquisitive_Prescription
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Den
The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the “South Atlantic”?
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