Breaking the Law: is this the Brexit end game? | 33 comments (33 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Breaking the Law: is this the Brexit end game? (4.00 / 2)

The worst part being that the Gibraltar PM himself is all for it, but the UK is unlikely to accept this.

Gibraltar Wants to Join Schengen Post-Brexit - UK Says No

The Chief of Gibraltar, the 6.2 km2 enclave at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, Fabian Picardo, wants to join the Schengen Area in a post-Brexit Europe. However, the UK is not ready to let something like that happen.
In an interview last Friday, Picardo said that it would be positive for Gibraltar to join the Schengen Area, as nearly 14,000 workers cross the border every day to go to work in Gibraltar where full employment prevails.
The vast majority of these workers are Spanish or nationals of other countries residing in Spain, including 2,500 Britons.
"Does it make sense to the EU that 2.5 square miles at the southern tip of the peninsula is not accessible to European citizens? I do not believe so," Picardo said throughout the interview.

by Bernard (bernard) on Wed Sep 16th, 2020 at 08:31:33 PM EST
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Re: Breaking the Law: is this the Brexit end game? (4.00 / 2)

Can't do something just because it makes sense for all those affected. There is the demagoguery to be concerned about.

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Sep 16th, 2020 at 09:18:48 PM EST
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Re: Breaking the Law: is this the Brexit end game? (none / 1)

Gibraltar and Malta merging would make sense on grounds of common culture and language. Cyprus also, not so much.

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Sep 16th, 2020 at 09:21:25 PM EST
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Re: Breaking the Law: is this the Brexit end game? (none / 1)

Gibraltar becoming a semi-autonomous region within Andalusia would make a lot more sense.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Sep 16th, 2020 at 11:00:42 PM EST
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Considering that so many who are employed in one or the other live other than where they are employed, for sure. Politically I would expect a dog fight.

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Sep 17th, 2020 at 03:16:58 AM EST
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However, the English bulldog might be missing most of its teeth.

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Sep 17th, 2020 at 03:18:03 AM EST
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Re: Breaking the Law: is this the Brexit end game? (none / 0)

To busy chashing his tail?

by StillInTheWilderness on Fri Sep 25th, 2020 at 03:09:48 PM EST
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