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 Government has said that the Opposition fails to understand that when they ask a question in Parliament, the answer that will be given to them is to the question that has been asked. Number Six says that the GSD “should not sound so hypocritical because this is the same policy that they adopted when they were in Government.”
The ESG says it would like to add its views to the on-going public debate by politicians and media on the issue of the proposed Football Stadium at Europa Point. At its committee meeting this week, the ESG agreed that it would re-issue its press statement (see link below), published in March 2014, containing its concerns over the many environmental impacts the group believes are posed by this project.
The new Gibraltar House in Brussels will be officially opened next month. This follows from the Deputy Chief Minister's visit this week and the completion of the move from the old office to the new one.