On 30th June The Defenders of Gibraltar met with the esteemed Minister for Europe, the Hon David Lidington MP. Other groups present which also met the minister were ACSTEG, FOR A HUMANITARIAN BORDER and VOGG.
The Defenders of Gibraltar expressed our concerns regarding the continued harassment and bullying of Gibraltarian’s and cross frontier workers by the Spanish Government, using free movement as a weapon. We explained that not enough was being done from a UK perspective to reign in Spain, with the effect of this fence-sitting beginning to affect our economy and way of life.
On the subject of illegal incursions and maritime security, we believe that the UK is giving Spain the impression of being apathetic to the Spanish Governments ever daring incursions and illegal actions in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. We went on to explain that we expect the same action against illegal incursions as would happen in Cornwall or indeed the Falkland Islands; no more and no less!
Sadly, this point was particularly relevant today given the theft of one of the reef blocks by a Spanish Group from BGTW. We explained that the UK had failed Gibraltar, as this issue was clearly not only a crime, but a clear breach of security; for which the UK is constitutionally responsible for.
We pressed our belief that Gibraltar is still a Naval Port, and the ease with which this Spanish group conducted their brazen activities could very easily encourage other more extremist groups to conduct actions in and around Gibraltar.
Anne-Marie Struggles
Chairperson
*********
REUNIÓN DE NUESTRO GRUPO FRONTERA HUMANITARIA, CON EL MINISTRO BRITÁNICO DE AAEE Y FO PARA EUROPA QUE VINO ESTA TARDE A GIBRALTAR.
Con nuestros compañeros: Nuria Gómez por ASCTEG, el Ministro David Lidington, Julio Pons de VOGG, Isabella Caruana también de FH y Anne Marie Struggles de Defenders of Gibraltar.
Bravo a los 4 por haber conseguido esta reunión con mucho esfuerzo y muy positiva para la causa de las colas y deterioro de las relaciones entre Gibraltar y La Línea.
Juan Uceda
No comments:
Post a Comment
If you are a member of the Fascist GE (Facebook group) you are just wasting your time thinking you can comment on here and use this blog as a platform - see ya!