I am not really good on the history of the Falklands but were they ever under the sovereignty of Argentina?
but the EU will say yes,... and give Argentina, whatever they want,
The Argentinians would argue they had sovereignty in the late 1820s up until 1833. Their position has some slight merit, but not much of one.
Not for a single day ever. They were Spanish prior to British and uninhabited before that.
They tried to claim them by claiming the right to islands that formerly belonged to Spain.
However they never managed to settle the islands although they tried a couple of times.
It is something like france trying to claim North Carolina on the basis that they had a colony there once upon a time.
My foggy memory thinks the Malvinas were claimed by the British, French, Spanish and even the Germans. Argentina tried to take the island in the early 1800's and the Brits have ruled since then. Shoot, Freepers should stake a claim for a place to escape to in case HRC wins.
Not since about 1833..
I read up on it during the war. Details are gone, but I do remember the Argentines having zilch in legit claims compared to the Brits.
If memory serves, The islands had already been colonized / occupied by the British before Argentina was a nation.
No, they were not. They were never, ever, part of Argentina.