Spain calls for joint control of Gibraltar after EU vote

[inanna]

Source: BBC

23 minutes ago

The Spanish government has called for joint sovereignty over Gibraltar in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.

The British overseas territory of 30,000 voted overwhelmingly for remain, with 95.9% opting to stay in the union.

"The Spanish flag on the Rock is much closer than before," Spain's acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said on Friday.

Gibraltar has been a British territory since 1713 but Spain continues to claim sovereignty over the enclave.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36618796

[BlueMTexpat]

1. I was wondering when this

would come up. It didn't take long.

Ah Britain, you have cut off your nose to spite your face.

[riversedge]

2. The fallout-consequesnces will be showing up daily now.

[joshcryer]

4. Voting has consequences.

[Amishman]

5. And how will Spain accomplish that? The world has less influence over the UK now, not more

The UK just went rogue, short of military confrontation they will not be forced into anything.

[Igel]

6. Yes, but after Brexit Gilbraltar won't be as open.

Trade will be harder. More restrictions. All that Schengen scheiss will be gone and Spain can resume its low-grade war of attrition on Gilbraltar. Gilbraltar was expensive to maintain. Even the truncated Spanish Empire still wants to control everything it used to, no matter if the now-current population doesn't agree. National pride and humiliation and all that calls for the return of the rock.

Of course, when it comes to Ceuta and Malilla it's a completely different matter for Spain. Giving them up would be a national humiliation and maintaining them is national pride. "Hipocrisia" is recognizable even to monolingual Anglophones that can't understand лицемерие.

And if Spain makes a move on the ground, it'll be a member country acting against a non-member. If Spain takes it up before some court, the EU may back Spain against Britain.

[SkyDaddy7]

7. The UK must renegotiate all their trade deals now...

with the EU...Not good! They screwed themselves! BAD! And they will still have to obey EU regs to trade with them. This was more or less all about stopping brown people from coming to the UK.

[MisterP]

8. *Catalonia raises its hand to ask a question*

[dembotoz]

9. spain has a point...england has taken its marlbles and wants to go home