Sep 13 - Spain Insists Extensive Frontier Checks are Normal at this Time of Year – Says President Barroso
During a question and answer session hosted yesterday between EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU citizens, Gibraltarian Tony Evans posed the question ‘When will the EU take firm action against the politically motivated frontier checks, used by Spain against Gibraltar?’
Euronews Journalist Thomas Seymat, who surveyed and processed questions, insisted that they had received a huge number of questions on Gibraltar. In his response, President Barroso noted that the Commission will send a mission to the frontier very soon, although a date has still not been set. He explained that the issue had been discussed with Prime Ministers of both the UK and Spain.
Equality Rights Group has welcomed the positive response given to a Parliamentary Question at Westminster tabled by MP Oliver Colvile, a supporter of the George Cross for Gibraltar campaign, regarding the award.
The Government is compiling a further dossier of incidents that Gibraltarians and other residents have suffered in Spain since the end of July and is appealing to the public to send in the details of such incidents.
