Barnier: EU “unanimous solidarity” with the Spanish position on Gibraltar

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The controversial ‘Clause 24’ veto granted to Spain by the European Union in its Brexit negotiating guidelines reflects the “unanimous solidarity” of the remaining EU members with the Spanish position on Gibraltar, the EU’s Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said in an interview. Read full article

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Brit Bob
“And that lever is there and the British know it well. And that lever is currently being used, since there is a discussion, which I am told is specific and quite constructive, between the British and the Spaniards on various points in terms of taxation, environment or the operation of Gibraltar airport.”

Dastis, Spanish Foreign Minister, Spain “has a claim” on the area of land on which the airport is built. (Chronicle 25 Feb 18). But …

Gibraltar – Helsinki Accord 1975 (1 pg) https://www.academia.edu/32824301/Gibraltar_-Helsinki_Accord_1975

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Apr 13th, 2018 - 09:58 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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DemonTree
Fuckers. They never gave us unanimous solidarity on the Falklands.
Apr 13th, 2018 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Terence Hill
Clause 24 is none binding if the UK is not onboard. Moreover, it cannot impinge in any way on Article 50 as it cannot be applied retroactivly.
”...The rule of the intertemporal law still insists that an act must be characterized in accordance with the law in force at the time it was done, or closely on the next occasion. ...
The Acquisition of Territory in International Law By Robert Yewdall Jenningsa Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1982. He also served as the President of the ICJ between 1991 and 1994
Apr 13th, 2018 - 11:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Voice
Juckner, Tusk and now this twat clearly demonstrating why so many of us feel that we should withdraw from the EU Superstate. Such a pity, such an organisation could have been so good… We have been forced out. They will regret it.
Apr 13th, 2018 - 11:19 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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DemonTree
They already regret it, as do many of us. They did contribute to the problem though, they should have remembered that “the unity of Europe is not a bureaucratic model. It is a set of common values and democratic standards.”
Apr 13th, 2018 - 12:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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FF
Had not heard about this. Doesn't sound good for you brits. Looks like the EU is going to play hard ball.
Apr 13th, 2018 - 03:55 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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Terence Hill
DemonTree the slavish follower aka The Appendage
“Not right now, but other times” You don’t get to drag the goal-posts around. It’s the here and now which you can’t prove, and you don’t get to digress. So you are a L I A R period
As textbook an example of Fallacious shifting of the burden of proof occurs if someone makes a claim that needs justification, then demands that the opponent justify the opposite of the claim. The opponent has no such burden until evidence is presented for the claim.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof
“I managed to have a perfectly sensible argument with Roger Lorton in a different thread, with no irrelevant quotes or whining about the burden of proof. That's because RL actually knows what he's talking about, even though he was wrong about the article in question.”
You’re so deluded, I ran into that post you had been given four negative votes. Guess you’re a star in your own mind. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof
Apr 14th, 2018 - 04:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Yaigulah3x
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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