WHILE SPAIN calls on Britain to hand over control of Gibraltar it has been accused of double standards after refusing to accept the same situation is going on with its territories in North Africa. …
Madrid owns two cities which are the only land border between the EU and Africa despite calls for them to be handed back
WHILE SPAIN calls on Britain to hand over control of Gibraltar it has been accused of double standards after refusing to accept the same situation is going on with its territories in North Africa.
The enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla are two autonomous cities on the northern coast of Morocco, which have been under Madrid’s control for centuries.
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If that sounds familiar then those in Spain don’t appear to feel the same way, as the country has vigorously fended off claims to hand the areas over.
The government argues they are formative parts of the country, despite them being the EU’s only land border with Africa.
Spain instead claims that Gibraltar has never been a part of the United Kingdom, which somehow means that London’s continued control of the Rock cannot be justified.
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But while Madrid says the fact the people of Ceuta and Melilla reject ceding authority to Rabat is enough to maintain control, it refuses to accept the same thing with Gibraltar.
Because as The Sun launches its campaign to keep Spain and the EU of Our Rock, it is clear who the people of the British Overseas territory wish to be run by.
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It sparked a furious response, with some calling on the Prime Minister to act as her predecessor had over the Falkland Islands.
And its Chief Minister Fabian Picardo accused the EU of “behaving like a cuckolded husband who is taking it out on the children” by allowing Spain to “bully” his people.
Spain taunted the UK for “losing its composure” over the threat to the territory, but senior Government figures have vowed to keep control of the peninsula post-Brexit.
