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Gibraltar base under full Spanish oversight as new deal sparks debate
Spain is set to exercise full oversight over movements linked to the British military base in Gibraltar under a new post-Brexit agreement, according to Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares. His comments, in which he stated that Spain would know “everything that enters and leaves” the base, have sparked debate over the scope and implications of the deal. The statement refers to provisions… Source
A little more than five weeks after the Andalusian elections, the People’s Party does not want to reveal its vote in the European Parliament when it has to ratify the agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom on Gibraltar, which provides for the demolition of La Verja and the free transit of people and goods between the British colony and its Spanish and European environment. Socialist spokesman Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix, mayor of San Roque, h…
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elcorreoweb.esThe Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, defended this Thursday that the agreement on Gibraltar is historic because it "closes Brexit" and opens "a new stage" between Spain and the United Kingdom. Moreover, it is historic because "it will imply the fall of the gate, the last wall of continental Europe", declared the minister in the appearance in Congress to account for the agreement.Continue reading....
The PP avoids revealing to Albares what he will vote in the European Parliament when Gibraltar's text is submitted for ratification.
The Foreign Minister appears before the Congress of Deputies to detail the benefits of an agreement opposed by the PP and Vox parties. Albares argues that the Treaty of Gibraltar gives Spain "control" and safeguards its position on sovereignty.
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