Posted on 08/14/2013 12:37:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
One of the main pro-independence parties in Spain’s northerly Catalonia region has fueled the country’s growing row with Britain over Gibraltar after expressing sympathy with “bullied” residents in the British territory.
The separatist Esquerra Republicana party (ERC), a junior coalition partner in the Catalan regional government, wrote to Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo deploring the “improper” behavior of Spain’s central government.
Tensions over the disputed British outpost on Spain’s southern tip rose in late July amid a spat over fishing rights and border controls and are now at their highest level in years.
While Catalan support for Gibraltar’s position is unlikely to have any influence on the outcome of negotiations between Britain and Spain, the letter is a reminder of the political rifts the Spanish government faces elsewhere—and of the risk that its tough stance on Gibraltar could backfire at home. …
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Gibraltar is, and will remain British.
Thanks Olog-hai.
Well, if the monkeys ever get the vote..that could tip any plebiscite
The Cataláns are ultra leftists.
And if the monkeys keep on reproducing, they’ll tip over the Rock of Gibraltar.
Even Franco wanted no part of it, even though Hitler demanded it.
Very true..
Some “activist” may yet demand it!
Franco, knowing the German Navy had none to give him, demanded two battle ships. Hitler could not comply, and never spoke with Franco again..
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