The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia has said that although Gibraltar prefers a treaty to govern our relationship with the European Union, there are fundamental red lines which the Government is not prepared to cross in order to achieve it. Dr Garcia was speaking in Brighton today at the annual party conference of the U.K. Liberal Democrats.
A strike by air controllers in France has led to serious delays to flights to and from Gibraltar airport. Although mainly affecting movements in French airports, the six-day strike has a secondary impact on all flights using French airspace.
The GSD has announced a raft of policy measures designed to remove the electorate's “sense of detachment” from local politics and increase government accountability. The changes, which the GSD has committed itself to implementing if elected next year, seek to introduce a series of checks and balances on government power and ensure that the opposition and the public are more involved in the way Gibraltar is run.