May 15 - EU Commission Deadline for Frontier Improvements Expires Today
According to the Gibraltar Government, the six-month deadline set by the European Commission for the improvement of traffic flow at the border between Gibraltar and Spain has expired today. However, the delays at the border continue in both directions with no improvement.
The Government has commented that whilst they have almost completed the work on the recommendations made to it by the European Commission, the Spanish Government has barely started, with only a leaked blue print for reformed works revealed by the Spanish press.
The Chief Minister has today met with the UK’s Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband.
Responding to the Government’s most recent statement on the GSD’s assessment of the ‘Failed Job Strategy’. The Party insisted that in Mr. Bossano’s ‘frenzied and personal attack against anyone who dares to criticise his policies’ he missed the point. The Opposition adds that there were publicly available apprenticeships offered by the previous GSD Government, despite Minister Bossano’s claim that there were none.
The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo left today for a series of meetings in London during the course of this week, including meetings at the Ministry of Defence and at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
