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”).
Francisco Javier Pérez Trigueros, the controversial Partido Popular Mayor of the small municipality of Callosa de Segura, Valencia, has sparked a fierce reaction by posting on his Facebook page a doctored image showing the Spanish army and air force “invading” Gibraltar.
Imagino yo que esos observadores que van a venir de Bruselas no necesitan que nadie les de consejos, pero, por si no fuera así, me gustaría resaltar algunas peculiaridades de todo lo que ha ocurrido que no acabo de comprender.
The Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo MP, travels to London today Tuesday to hold meetings with the Prime Minister, Rt Hon David Cameron and the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon William Hague.
These meetings will enable Mr Picardo to discuss face to face with each of them a number of important matters, in particular the current abuses by the Spanish authorities at the Gibraltar frontier and the statements from senior Spanish politicians threatening further measures against Gibraltar.