The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
The BBC’s Madrid correspondent, Tom Burridge, has revealed in an interview that he was asked by the Government of Gibraltar to change the wording used to refer to British Gibraltar Territorial Waters in his reports on the Gibraltar conflict over the summer.
The Government notes the statements made by the municipal authorities in Algeciras saying that the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, is not welcome in Algeciras.
The GSD say that the more they probe the Government about Credit Finance the more they are led to the conclusion that the Chief Minister is acting like a “cavalier risk taker” who is gambling with the future of Gibraltar.
The GSD have released the following statement to back up this assessment: