I found an interesting Spanish website with two very unusual articles on the recent visit by Moratinos to Gibraltar. Why were they unusual? Well, check out the title of the first one and you'll get the gist: Gibraltar, britanico para siempre.
The article by Pedro Schwenzer Pfau was so refreshing to read, I thought I'd post the link here and cite his conclusion, which speaks for itself:
"España haría mejor en reconocer un hecho histórico y dejar que los gibraltareños vivan bajo la nacionalidad y la soberanía en las que se reafirman constantemente. Nuestros políticos se tendrían que haber levantado antes para evitar la pérdida. Después de 300 años ya no merece la pena perder el tiempo y usar la roca como medida populista cuando no se sabe resolver los problemas nacionales. A muy pocos les importará Gibraltar, y como territorio español perdería rápidamente todo interés económico y político, cuando el estratégico lo había perdido ya hace mucho tiempo."
I liked this other piece too, not because I agree with the author's view on Gibraltar - I don't - but because he takes the PP opposition to task in no uncertain terms. On the day of the Moratinos visit I had to report on a PP press conference at the border and the anti-Gib vitriol I heard there, the sheer nonsense they spouted to try and manipulate public opinion, was truly shocking.
1 comments:
Thank's for the mention. I've linked your blog on Occidente a la Deriva for its particular interest.
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