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”).
The Leader of the Oppositon, Daniel Feetham, has said that the recent statements made by the Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia- Margallo in Argentina that the Spanish Government is ready to engage the United Kingdom in bilateral sovereignty negotiations over Gibraltar “illustrate how disconnected from reality he truly is.”
This year there will be no balloon release on National Day. The cancellation of the annual release of thousands of balloons was confirmed by the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group (SDGG) this morning.
The Association of Retired Police Officers (ARPO) held their Annual General Meeting at the IPA club on Monday evening. The meeting was well attended despite the inclement weather.