Politics
David Cameron visit Gibraltar during the campaign against Brexit
The visit annoys Madrid
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The visit Thursday of the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, to Gibraltar, where he will participate in an event in support of the permanence of the UK in the European Union, has annoyed the Spanish Government, which maintains a dispute over the rock, the last colony in Europe.
Cameron arrives in Gibraltar as part of the campaign “˜Gibraltar Stronger In', which defends the permanence of the UK in the European Union, before the referendum next day 23. It is the first visit by a British Prime Minister to the rock since 1968 and not it has gone unnoticed by the Spanish Government, which in the United Nations continues to claim the return to Spain of colonial territory. The London Government informed Spain about Cameron's visit and Madrid want not to create an additional problem, according to sources of the Moncloa Palace. Therefore, the Spanish Minister of Foreing Affairs, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, said Wednesday that Spain and the United Kingdom are allies, although they maintain "deep differences" over Gibraltar.
"We don't want these differences interfere with our friendship," said the Spanish minister. Garcia-Margallo expressed support for the campaign that defends David Cameron, as it believes that the British out of the European Union would bring more harm than a renegotiation of Britain's status in the EU. Cameron will participate in a event with Prime Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, who told the Gibraltar Chronicle, said the "historic moment" that the visit, which "demonstrates the commitment that Cameron has kept to Gibraltar from he was chosen for the first time."
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