Gibraltar's European future might impact Falklands' status

Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

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The future of Gibraltar and Northern Ireland after Brexit concerning Europe will be discussed Thursday at a meeting in Brussels in which the British Foreign Minister, Lord David Cameron, his Spanish colleague, José Manuel Albares, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, and the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Maros Sefcovic, will participate. Read full article

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Pugol-H
The object lesson for Argentina in all this is that the Gibraltarians are an integral part of the negotiations, sitting at the table with the British, Spanish and EU and then any final agreement has to be approved by Gibraltar.

Also there is broad agreement between all parties that a deal would be very beneficial to both sides, in fact a no deal would be a handicap to Gibraltar but an economic disaster for that part of Spain.

The Falklands however are developing very nicely thank you, having no dealings with Argentina and in the face of economic and political sanctions imposed on them by Argentina.

I see no benefit whatsoever in even talking to Argentina, what do they have to offer, what do they bring to the table?

To negotiate you need two things, firstly someone to negotiate with who has the power to make decisions and secondly something to negotiate with, you have to bring something to the table.

Argentina has neither.
May 16th, 2024 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Juan Cervantes
Gibraltars future status will have no impact on the Falklands what so ever, one thing they do have in common though is that they will decide their own future not any one else.
May 16th, 2024 - 02:40 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Steve Potts
The current negotiations over Gibraltar's picturesque airport could have unintended consequences, he explained...

Joint use of airport?

Dastis, former Spanish Foreign Minister, ‘’Spain has a claim on the area of land on which the airport is built.'' (Chronicle 25 Feb 18).

Do the Spanish have a claim on the isthmus?

Gibraltar – the Legal Status of the Isthmus (1 pg):
https://www.academia.edu/41294456/Gibraltar_-Legal_Status_of_the_Isthmus
May 16th, 2024 - 03:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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