Saturday 1 April 2017

Answer to yesterday's game...

...won by Fenrir

This was Gibraltar:

The famous Monkeys


 
Gibraltar (/ˈbrɒltər/ jə-BROL-tər; Spanish pronunciation: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula.
It has an area of 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and shares its northern border with Spain. 
The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region. At its foot is a densely populated city area, home to over 30,000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities.
(from Wikipedia)

 

What about Brexit, then? 


On 23 June 2016 Gibraltar voted along with the United Kingdom on whether the UK should remain in, or leave, the European Union. 
Although the final decision saw the UK decide to leave, Gibraltar overwhelmingly voted to remain in the Union. 
There was a strong voter turnout of 82% resulting in 19,322 votes to remain and only 823 to leave. 

The day after the result of the Brexit vote, José Manuel García-Margallo, who was Spain's acting Foreign Minister at the time, as promised, renewed calls for joint Spanish–British control of the peninsula.

These calls were strongly rebuffed by Gibraltar's Chief Minister.

With the impending Brexit negotiations, the House of Lords has produced a report entitled "Brexit: Gibraltar"
(from Wikipedia)

In an article in The Guardian, today, we could read:

 "The EU has put the future of Gibraltar at stake in the coming Brexit negotiations, in effect backing Spain in its centuries-old dispute with the UK over the British overseas territory." 

What will the consequences be for Gibraltar? We'll see...

2 comments:

  1. I didn't know those problems, it is interesting to learn it.
    -Pegasus

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  2. Very interesting.
    -Chamallow

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