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 Cross Frontier Group visited the Andalusian Parliament in Seville on Wednesday where a debate on establishing support for the creation of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) between Gibraltar and La Linea de la Concepcion (which would then be extended to the rest of the Campo de Gibraltar) was tabled by Izquierda Unida.
The Opposition has said that, at yesterday’s Parliamentary session, GSD MP Lawrence Llamas questioned the Government as to why the Government were not updating and maintaining signs in Gibraltar, in particular with relation to the four month old Windsor Bridge and the almost three month old Mid-Town Multi Storey car park. This came as a result of a study conducted by Mr Llamas, in which he has been gathering feedback from tourists in Gibraltar and online.
The Government has said that it considers the Opposition’s call for a Brexit strategy that is ‘as simple as possible’ to be “so one-dimensional that it is unhelpful to Gibraltar’s cause”.