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”).
Independent MP Marlene Hassan-Nahon has told the GSD to “grow up” and stop chastising the Government at every opportunity especially in relation to the prospects of a good post-Brexit deal for the Rock.
The United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, signed the UK’s acceptance of the Paris Agreement, which relates to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, on 17th November 2016.