Spain’s Election Could Restart the Gibraltar Border Dispute

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Today (Sunday 23 July) Spain heads to the polls to elect a new Prime Minister. If polling is accurate, then it looks like there could be a major dispute between the UK and Spain over Gibraltar - with Vox saying they want to take back the territory.
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00:00 Introduction
01:23 Spanish Local Elections
02:55 Today's General Election
04:44 How This Could Impact Brexit

[@motysta]

Considering that Gibraltar has

[@iumbo1234]

And also a tobacco smuggling hub.

[@juancarlosquintana4737]

Also illegaly occupied, since it was never actually given, amd the people that say that it ismt important, imagine how huge it would be if spain had a tip of land in wessex or in some part of the english coast

[@Sietruc]

@@juancarlosquintana4737Luckily, Spaniards are too weak to take it back

[@ybahouche6848]

As Ceuta and Mlilia are legaly occupied by Spain :) Since Spain will never given Ceuta and Mililia, Gibraltar will stay UK

[@juancarlosquintana4737]

@@ybahouche6848 they are not occupied since they were never morrocan lol, and dw, Gibraltar will come back, it just a matter of time

[@Instruisto31]

It's not only Spain who consider Gibraltar as the last colony in Europe, it's the UN which considers Gibraltar so.

[@Instruisto31]

@@xunqianbaidu6917 Ceuta and Melilla were founded by Spain and Portugal in 15th century when Morocco was not a country. Gibraltar was Spanish land since it was stolen by English piracy, and then controlled as a colony.

[@dionbaillargeon4899]

The summary of Spanish current politics is excellent. Just some minor details. Firstly, 2018 wasn't the first confidence vote in Spanish history, but the first successful no-confidence vote in the goverment (there has been many failed ones). In Spain, a no-confidence vote must include a replacement prime minister, who takes over, should the vote be sucessful. And secondly, that wasn't Sánchez's most renowned gamble, as he wasn't really risking anything. His biggest gamble was resigning his seat as MP after he was ousted as party leader in 2016 in order to compete in an open primary as an outsider, which he won against all odds.

[@MetalMusicMatt1]

"The left, beset by infighting" Yeah, I've never heard THAT before.

[@albal156]

Sanchez gamble for damage limitation paid off though. He got the divided parties to agree around a unified position and got more seats than in 2019 himself too. Though it would have be better if the leftist infighting didn't happen.

[@isaacvarela667]

These videos are so good for when I need something to watch when I’m eating lol. Such good and to the point news tbh.

[@armedgarach]

fr

[@yellowstokerr8555]

As a Spaniard I can say you did a great job summarizing such a complex topic as the elections. I just want to add that even though PP are still the favorites, none of the polls took in consideration the 7-10 days of campaign which have been disastrous for PP, stumbling over and over again. I still think the PP-Vox are going to win but it's going to be closer than expected, I wouldn't be surprised if PSOE-Sumar ended up winning. Edit: This is getting a lot of attention so I'm going to better summarise my point. PP is going to win, their campaign was positive in general but last week was not, last week was bad for him. PP and Vox are going to win I just think it's closer that people expect Edit 2: WHAT DID I FUCKING SAY, I fucking told you

[@ermin2248]

For what party will you vote?

[@Spamkromite]

Tienen lo que se merecen, por no eliminar mientras tuvieron la oportunidad el comercio de immigrantes con Marruecos que Felipe Gonzalez creó en 1985 🙄

[@DMEGC]

I would be very much surprised. The campaign wasn´t disastrous for PP and the polls do actually take into consideration the last 7-10 days.

[@parametr]

PP+Vox will be 1-2 MPs over/under having the majority. It's a dumb dumb decision. Everywhere where they government was a disaster, but they own most of the media...

[@jandro1565]

Dios mío, no por favor

[@andrewklang809]

Truly, Brexit was the gift that kept on giving. British nationalists must be delighted with the results. So much security. A stronger nation with stronger borders.

[@Anankin12]

So much control on internal production, market and export!

[@Micfri300]

If brexit was done like how Australia runs has s country it wouldn't be a problem. The uk is finished economically with or without brexit.

[@sueyourself5413]

@@Micfri300 If Brexit was done how Australia runs country? Terrible English aside, how does that make any sense to you? If Brexit was done like a country... That doesn't mean anything.

[@gnrseanra9070]

How is the Eurozone? It's in recession and running out of money....don't believe me type in European Commission and watch Ursula's speech....€66 billion and all 27 have to fill the hole...please watch

[@maxdavis7722]

This issue is kinda Spain’s doing tho.

[@bfedezl2018]

I am not British and i even an tired of the fallout caused by Brexit. The good thing about sharing borders between EU countries is that border disputes have no support by the population simply because the border is meaningless.

[@gnrseanra9070]

How is that going...EU is bankrupt... Ursula told you herself...please type in European Commission Ursula speech...it's €66 Billion shortfall...see for yourself.

[@gnrseanra9070]

I forgot the Ukraine loan my apologies please look it was a third party.

[@sueyourself5413]

@@gnrseanra9070 The EU isn't bankrupt. You keep spamming your nonsense all over the comments' section as if that's going to make it a reality. 66B for the EU is pennies. For the UK, it's a couple of Liz Truss speeches, bribery and a failed app. I'm personally happy to have 3 passports, one is from the UK, I don't use it and don't plan on renewing it. It's kind of worthless compared to a Canadian and French one.

[@bfedezl2018]

​@@gnrseanra9070 Take the meds please

[@gnrseanra9070]

@@bfedezl2018 Again please factcheck.. Or even see for yourself....love comedy and soar like an eagle 💋

[@snooky3]

Ask those inside Gibraltar, they’d rather be left be.

[@dutchman7623]

They are more British than London, they cherry pick all advantages and never accept consequences.

[@josemiguelledesmamartin4611]

Son colonos su opinión simplemente no es válida. Es como si le preguntas a los colonos Américanos si les devolverían las tierras a los indios su respuesta es clara obviamente no pero eso no es lo correcto que sería que el pueblo que vivía en esa zona que le fue arrebatada mediante la guerra recupere el territorio que era su hogar

[@atkospr]

​@@josemiguelledesmamartin4611son los que viven ahí, y ni siquieran son colonos, ellos quieren estar en RU, punto. Es solo una piedra, si quieres tierra hay planifie castellana de sobra.

[@Psabfue1250]

​@@atkosprSe llama reasentamiento, aunque no son colonos, lo fueron, todos los países lo han hecho y eso nos deja en claro que la democracia no es una vía viable y te pongo un ejemplo en el Sáhara Occidental, los marroquíes lo ocupan para que en un futuro se celebren elecciones y ganen ellos

[@atkospr]

@@Psabfue1250 Pero es que te lo acabas de inventar. Gibraltar no fue reasentado, la mayoría de los Gibraltareños hablan español o una mezcla con el inglés.

[@ant647448336]

As someone who lives in Gibraltar, a PSOE victory would be a relief for Gibraltar. If the PP get in on their own, it would be trickier but if they get in with VOX it would be problematic.

[@Alexlinnk]

get out of our land

[@ronyobry898]

Free Gibraltar

[@prophetsnake]

Well you could always bog off back to Blighty.

[@ant647448336]

@@prophetsnake Why? The UK is miserable and in a far worse state than Gibraltar. Plus I get to make the most of the money laundering, drug smuggling and cigarette smuggling that takes place here 😉

[@internet_userr]

As someone who was the first to comment on this video, no one asked

[@blindbrick]

Give the place back to Spain. Why would GB want to hold on to this headache.

As a Spaniard, I have been very happy all my life without Gibraltar. I don't need that (and in that case it should be up to its inhabitants to decide). What I do need is respect for human rights in my country. Greetings from Spain.

[@jabato9779]

Your human rights are not respected in Spain? That's ridiculous.

[@Pretency]

​@@jabato9779I think they're talking about Vox potentially getting power and taking away rights.

@@Pretency Yes, that was exactly what I was talking about hahah

[@PJ-om2wq]

I think that the people of La Linea need an open border though, or they will have high unemployment. Do you agree?

[@InAeternumRomaMater]

By Human rights you mean allowing p*dos running around? (LGBT)?

[@estrellagavilan6782]

Well, indeed, if Spanish government reclaims Gibraltar in the Hague international Court, its probable that Uk would be forced to retire from Gibraltar, because they dont have option, right now they are avoiding the Decolonization process of UN by saying that Gibraltar is not a colony but a city, however, recognizing Gibraltar as a city would broke the Treaty of Utrecht, so, its a complicated situation for the UK

[@Anankin12]

0:15 "populist right" Ah yes, the classical euphemism for Fascism

[@falconvelocity]

Not really... Unless people were being made to vote for an autocratic government imposing sever economic and social regimentation forcably supressing the opposition. /me coughs out a dicitonary!! It'll pass. Don't worry. Once we get passed 2050, all this right wing government nonsense will hopefully be over! (but I wouldn't hold my breath).

[@venmis137]

Feels weird to be in a country that's not the UK on an election day.

[@Thermuda]

I can't see the British Government giving up Gibraltar - the last referendum in Gib 2022 it was 98% no and the tories seem to have this thing of "will of the people" so no matter what happens with Spain's elections I can't see there being any negotiations for handover.

[@kingmasterfilip2965]

I mean their PMs werent chosen with the "will of the people" since Johnson

[@edmundprice5276]

that means that it is a certainty that the british government will abandon them, look at hong kong the british government has always betrayed its own people, look at the translators from afghanistan

[@Thermuda]

@@kingmasterfilip2965 true it was a generalization to the tories from Brexit but the British Gov have always taken a hard line on both Gib and the Falklands with the respective countries so I can't see much changing

[@fabulously695]

Italy gave corsica to france because it was too much hassle, that wasn't the will of the people. It's not unprecedented. If economic affairs become untenable due to inflexibility on Spains part, the British may not have a choice. Hopefully, it does come to that, and Britain can be put back in its place yet again.

[@juancarlosalonso5664]

Tories only listen to the “will of the rich”, they couldn’t care less about average people.

[@user-pd6bd7ir4z]

yeh, whatever. Gibraltar should decide for itself. A referendum. One question “Do you want to remain an overseas part of the UK or do you want to rejoin Spain mainland?” In and out referendum. Just like brexit. The outsiders (that means BOTH the Spaniah and the UK gov’t should respect the will of the Gibraltarians). This riduculous this whole argument.

[@israelbaras8237]

no estas entendiendo nada, esto no va de la soberania de Gibraltar. si te refieres a los sueños humedos de los nacionalistas extremos de aqui españa, para ellos la opinion de esos "descendientes de piratas" que tomaron "nuestra" tierra como suya no es importante, ellos opinan de explusar a reino unido esa poblacion y recuperar la tierra. ahora entiendes mejor la situacion, no? ESPEREMOS QUE NO TENGAMOS UNA FRONTERA DURA, SERIA UN DESASTRE PARA AMBOS Y CREO QUE LA ECONOMIMA DEL LUGAR FUNCIONA MEJOR EN LA SITUACION ACTUAL. PD: lo unico que estoy de acuerdo con esta gente de extrema derecha en en que Gibraltar deberia tener mas peso en UK para dejar de ser colonia, su gente se lo ha ganado que siempre parecen que se les olvida a UK que tienen esto aqui. Debemos mejorar en un acuerdo para luchar contra el narcotrafico de droga proveniente de africa y un acuerdo para regular ciertos aspectos chungos de paraiso fiscal en lo referente al juego online

[@grimnir8872]

Ah yes, the "Dispute" Where a bunch of foreign people try to over-ride the will of people living in a place.

[@xDaniik]

What do you mean? Do you really think that rock in the middle of Spain belongs to the UK?

[@xander1O1O7]

@@xDaniik in the same way a couple rocks in morocco belong to spain :)

[@grimnir8872]

@@xDaniik It belongs to the people who live there, who keep voting rather consistently to remain part of the UK.

[@ismaelmad1]

@@xander1O1O7 North Africa belonged to the ancient Roman Empire and Hispania was a Roman province from which Spain inherited those ancient territories.

[@twincast2005]

@@ismaelmad1 That isn't at all how the current status came to be. Open a history book, jesus.

[@greendsnow]

I love your new hair. It changes your air completely.

[@user-qq4ux8yn7p]

You are doing an amazing job! Please fix the volume of the sound. It is too low!

[@5implesimon]

Sound seems fine to me

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

"Populist right" is a weird way to describe the VOX party instead of "far right" given that every single academic says they hold far right views and many explicitly say populism is not central. Populist has connotations of "free money", not "authoritarianism", which is what they profess.

[@someguy-of9hq]

The problem is that 'far right' has been used to cry wolf for a long time in the media, skewing its meaning.

[@dww6]

No, you're wrong "populist" and "far" are not synonymous. Think before writing something stupid.

[@sciencefliestothemoon2305]

Populist is something any idiology can use, populism is a tool to "appeal to the masses". Far right is a political orientation.

[@albertodejuan6104]

By academics you mean left wing people who think the same as you? Vox is a right populist party.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

​@@dww6What the hell? Of course they are not synonymous. Which is why you can't say they are populist 😅

[@lumi3262]

They’re really taking the anti-colonial stance, calling out the british for owning Gibraltar whilst spain themselves still owns territory in africa

[@ffi1001]

Agreed but they want their country back

[@alexlaza5301]

Anti-colonial stance my ass. Anti-colonial stance is a universal value. And that is clearly not Vox's stance at all, it is simply a territorial expansion stance. Not even mentioning they are trying to make minority regions in Spain de-facto Spanish colonies...

[@jiminverness]

@@ffi1001 _"Agreed but they want their country back"_ Who has their country now? Not the Moors.

[@klausbrinck2137]

That´s because far right people aren´t normally far-right, but they pretend to, since they see personal advantages from it. For example, we know, that during the invasions of Hitler, many of the conquered people were fascists themselves, and collaborated with the Nazis locally. Mostly, it wasn´t only to denunciate leftists and Jews, but to denunciate their market-competitors, and clean the field for their own companies... The Nazis acted pretty indiscriminate after such denunciations, and they´d simply arrest and kill those people, based on a single denunciation... I always say, that fascists are mostly just opportunists, who can´t do economics (unlike, let´s say, capitalists)... Leftists make also mistakes, which make them being non-left, but it´s often based on lacking education. Instead of grasping socialism as everyone being an enterpreneur, who works for society instead of his own pocket, thus potentiating profit for everyone through synergy-effects, they instead see socialism, as a state where everyone is an employer, and the state forces the enterpreneurs to give their profits to the state and the workers, instead of putting it in their own pockets, which is silly, cause the incentives for an enterpreneur are non-existent if the state forces him to return all his profits ...

[@diego5079]

They're ultranationalists what do you expect :/

[@pauortiz8949]

Will you finally do an entire video of the spanish elections?

[@nicolowarnking9867]

It is pretty crazy how the UK still has territory in Iberia

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Considering that Spain is about to take hold of the EU presidency, I am FAR more concerned about the Spanish right wing effecting Europe than the fate of Gilbraltar.

[@jabato9779]

Is Meloni a problem? So?

[@inconnu4961]

@@jabato9779 He must be a misogynist! LOL

[@wile123456]

Yep, fascists keep gaining power all across Europe. It's so insane. Spain handling their economy so well and increasing the well being of citizens yet people are so fucking racists that fascists keep getting votes. Utterly pathetic. And liberals and conservatives constantly ally with the fascists because they agree with the racism, just not with the lack of dog whistles

[@wile123456]

​@@inconnu4961we hate all far right voters and politicians, male or female

[@br2431]

VIVA VOX 💚🇪🇸💚🇪🇸💚

[@losdelrock]

Agreed Gibraltar’s economy will suffer in a no deal but so will the surrounding Spanish area. I am a closed frontier child from Gibraltar so I remember vividly the poverty and lack of any investment in La Linea De La Concepcion and surrounding area just after the frontier opened in 1985. It and the surrounding areas have flourished and prospered directly because of Gibraltar’s economy. Both sides need to work together or both sides will suffer. Great article and series, thank you.

[@Litany_of_Fury]

Clearly Gibraltar can handle higher prices of a hard border.

[@sueyourself5413]

Gibraltar can just go back to Spain and problem solved.

[@parametr]

@@Litany_of_Fury I know a few people who lived there. A closed frontier for Gibraltar mean no workers, no life (they go to Spain a lot), food shortages, ... It's also really bad for the surrounding Spanish area, ebcause they have no other income source. But PP and Vox don't give a damn about it, they rather have the PR tool.

[@Litany_of_Fury]

@@parametr no one is saying there will be a closed border. Just a hard border.

[@s1lm4r1l6]

That sounds a lot like the old Brexit lie "They need us more than we need them."

[@MartinArmandoTejadaRodriguez]

Can we get a TLDR Europe video with more details of the Spain political situation

[@shiningvideo]

This issue is less serious than it seems on the surface. The only way Spain could suffocate Gibraltar would be to close the border entirely and they won't do that. If no border deal is reached Gibraltar can just issue Spanish workers with biometric identity cards and create Special speedy entry lanes using a combination of facial recognition technology and document readers to get people on foot or in cars into the territory quickly.

[@doublah1865]

If Gibraltar can survive Franco, it can survive Vox.

[@prophetsnake]

wouldn't there have to be a UK for it to belong to?

[@hus390]

Franco did nothing to Gib other than shutting them off due to their whinny behaviour!! …. No No No!!!! Why?? Gib is smaller than the nearest Spanish golf course Gib government officials play golf in, while Spain is three times bigger than UK. All what Spain cares about is for Gib officials not to harass fishermen for the purpose of begging attention to Gib, because they believe they are forgotten. 😂 It’s like a baby whining so momma can carry him!!

[@End-Result]

Oh please give over

[@User-he6zd]

​@@hus390As long as Spain doesn't pull an Argentina there will be no issue with the UK

[@zamirroa]

@@User-he6zd Spain cannot do that, even if they has a capable army, most European powers and USA will just support UK and and input sanctions upon Spain to make it miserable

[@samuxan]

This is the least of the problems of having a far right party like vox in power. Not only bad for the Spaniards but the whole continent, Sanchez was one of the main drivers behind next generationEU green funds and other programs to recover the EU after the pandemic. A government that was and is actively against that will put all EU members at risk

[@gothicgolem2947]

It’s the biggest problem for the Uk and Gibraltar tho

[@duncansmith7562]

main drivers behind next generationEU green funds and other programs to recover the EU after the pandemic = stealing more and more cash from Spanish taxpayers to fund futile and useless green energy products. you found one of the reasons why Spain has turned against Sanchez.

[@imastaycool]

I love deeply how the UK, and even Britain + its colonies are breaking apart ❤ Britain and even the UK as a whole is disunited politically, socially, culturally and linguistically. The poor political choices and decisions of Brexit have made the lack of unity ever clearer for the entire world to see. It's not just disunited, it's also completely imbalanced. Politically, it has devolved governments, but most of the power lies in Tory Westminster which has the UK at political loggerheads. These devolved governments squabble and fight amongst each other which details the disunity. Brexit was divisive and it shows how disunited the UK is with the occupied region called "Northern Ireland" and the country of Scotland voting No to Brexit. The UK is literally split down the middle in the Brexit debacle which makes it politically disunited. Furthermore, the UK isn't a voluntary union because Scotland is actively being denied another independence referendum post Brexit - this, again, makes it a disunited partnership + an imbalanced and undemocratic one. Welsh and Scottish independence is growing while talks of Irish reunification are on everyone's lips - this, again, demonstrates a disunited and imbalanced union. Socially, culturally and linguistically it is also divided and disunited as the different parts have their own culture and language. Brexit itself limits multiculturalism and encourages exclusive nationalism and nativism which in effect breeds racism and xenophobia (the very core of Brexit and Brexiteers). Great Britain was never united, but instead it's DISUNITED and IMBALANCED as well as UNDEMOCRATIC and UNJUST. And it's actively breaking up which is the ultimate win 😅

[@technopriest6708]

Sanchez being gone is gonna be pretty good for the rest of Europe

[@samuxan]

@technopriest6708 I'm curious about how exactly that would work. I don't think you've read what the alternatives want. Vox pretty much is against the very existence of the EU and PP wants one with basically no budget. Not helpful for anyone imo

[@ab-ym3bf]

Didn't know the dispute was settled.

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

I've never been to Gibraltar and always thought it was an island till this video started.

[@davidty2006]

It's a penninsula thats home to a naval base. And the runway that has a road cutting through the middle.

[@jojo-pk]

"Territory" or as it was formerly called "colony". I don't have an opinion on Gibraltar specifically, I just don't like the euphemism. Gibraltar's inhabitants should decide for themselves with no pressure from either Spain or the UK.

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

"Colony" isn't really the right term for Gibraltar because it wasn't a colonial project, but one European great power grabbing territory from another after a war. And it never functioned like a colony. The purpose of a colony is to extract wealth and resources for the benefit of the homeland. But Gibraltar doesn't have much value in that regard. Its importance lies in its strategic location at the gates of the Mediterranean. It's more like a military outpost than a colony.

[@jabato9779]

@@HeadsFullOfEyeballs It is listed as colony in the UN, pending decolonization.

[@jojo-pk]

@@HeadsFullOfEyeballs good point. However, being a military outpost is still creating value for the homeland, isn't it?

[@Felineintuition]

La Línea is dead without Gibraltar. I've lived in the town because the rent in Gib is astronomical. Working in Gib meant that I've had to cross the border during Covid times, when you had to have your work contract to pass the border in Gib and back to Spain. It was horrible and took hours on end. No one liked it. If this becomes a permanent thing, many people will give up and move somewhere else. This means Gib will take a hit, as well as La Línea. Vox can talk all the crap they want but if they'll do this, they'll be hurting Spanish people too. Though, with the racist and xenophobe agenda, I don't think they place a high value on the people living in La Línea anyway...

[@jabato9779]

So we invest in the area for those people to have better jobs. It will take time, but Gibraltar is a parasite and an insult.

[@user-uf4rx5ih3v]

Not the they need us more then we need them argument...

[@30secondclips53]

@@user-uf4rx5ih3v However it is true. If you have ever visited La Línea, you would know. The right will damage the area's economy just to make a point. hopefully the left win and leave La Línea and Gibraltar to continue their current agreement (which is beneficial for both).

[@30secondclips53]

@@KoffeServer Agreed on Vox. They are Francoist's all by name.

[@multienergico9299]

​@@KoffeServerIndeed, I am Spanish, if the people of Gibraltar want to be separate from Spain, there is no point in pursuing a reunification.

[@rafaelhego]

What UK should do is give back Gibraltar to its legitimate owner: Spain.

[@XxHaythamKenwayxX]

I wish Sunak would take a page out of the book of Sanchez and call a GE now

[@falconvelocity]

Defo!

[@bzuidgeest]

Why would sunak do that, he would almost certainly lose big.

[@parametr]

Nah, Tories prefer keeping an unelected bureaucrat as PM.

[@XxHaythamKenwayxX]

@@bzuidgeest Like Sanchez, it would be a risk. At present, the polls are worsening for the Tories and I think they are currently going for a "lets gamble and wait a year and see if we look better". However its very unlikely that will happen, especially as people's pockets will feel no different despite Sunak's promise (which is looking like he can't keep anyway) of 'halving inflation'. People will see it was a lie, along with his other 4 promises. By holding a snap election asap, he could gamble to mitigate the damage. Either way the Tories will lose big time, but sooner rather than later helps them. Especially now before incoming crises come about, so it would look like Labour were to blame because the Tories were out of office. By dragging an election on, they gamble far more for their future electoral efforts. 10 years will be a guaranteed minimum to see them out of office before clawing back, but the gamble is that Tories could come back in just 5 if Labour is seen to have failed the public (despite the cause being the Tories which managed to delay any damage). That would be my reasoning. Either way they are f**ked at the election.

[@wodmarach]

He doesn't dare, the Tories have fooled themselves into believing somehow they'll go up in the polls over the next year. Don't expect an election before November likely just after a budget that will appeal to the over 65's...

[@Hadrian363]

Does it actually matter what they dispute as the only way to take it is by force. I can't see them being silly enough to try that

[@Litany_of_Fury]

Yeah considering in all other regards the UK and Spain are very close.

[@hellssatansfc]

@Litany_of_Fury even if the two countries weren't especially close there's no way the USA doesn't intervene before it even gets to that point

[@Litany_of_Fury]

@@hellssatansfc With Joe Biden at the wheel I'm not sure. The UN is likely to do more.

[@countercuIture]

@@hellssatansfc My spider senses are tingling. Did I hear "US" and "intervention" in the same sentence? Maybe I can help but first, how much oil does Gibraltar produce?

[@theMOCmaster]

Gibraltar can let Spanish citizens through its border to get workers as much as it wants unilaterally, border controls for those entering are under full control of Gibraltar, Spain only controls those leaving. Melilla and Cueta exist, and have hard borders with Morrocoo. Gibraltar is a port, it can exist on its own.

[@calvin7330]

There are still checks for the Spanish citizens coming back at the end of the day though

[@MrOliver1444]

But Moroccan people can freely go to Cueta.

[@theMOCmaster]

@@MrOliver1444 not true, they have to hold a visa

[@KarolusTemplareV]

@@MrOliver1444 What are you on?

[@bradleygeorge3951]

Let’s see what the traffic jams in Gibraltar would be like with 55 k people crossing the boarder each day with a hard boarder in an area a quarter the size of Birmingham

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

Why is UK taking so long to enter into the agreement? It’s been on their table for 6 months.

[@thematthew761]

This is kind of like what happened in Sweden and Finland, a personally popular PM is sunk by their allies, and a center right with hard right support gets in.

[@JanjayTrollface]

Maybe they can swap it for Ceuta and Melilla.

[@EpsilonNPC]

Wait... how did an anti-rape bill set rapists free? Only Yes means Yes seems rather clear cut

[@hector5922]

Apparently there were like two kinds of sexual offence, literally translated as "abuse" and "aggression", and each one of them had different minimum punishments (minimum number of years in prison). The law basically unifed those two, having just a single minimum, and so you can get your punishment revised and reduced It's a very simplistic explanation tbh but that's basically it

[@armedgarach]

They eliminated the differences and degrees of sexual attack. From "abuso sexual" and "agresión sexual" they all were changed to being "agresión sexual", the more serious offense. This caused the sentence maximums and minimums to shift. The maximum was lowered substantially due to this and since there is retroactivity in law whenever it benefits the accused, it caused for all convicted rapist to automatically get a reduced sentence, some getting outright released because the reduction covered their remaining time. And the worst part is that even after the law was ammended to eliminate this issue it does not apply to the convicts since it doesn't work in it's benefit.

[@mikicerise6250]

It's also a lie to say it was inadvertent. It was known this would happen. Irene Montero bragged rape sentences would be reduced years ago. I remember it. Podemos is full of people who are actually against prisons, and more concerned with impressing wannabe anarchist guys than keeping rapists off the streets. 🙄 None of that warrants electing actual bloody fascists though.

[@ShadowTemplar591]

Did you guys put Armenia on the EU graph by accident, or was it already there when you grabbed the data? 1:48

[@JonM-ts7os]

Its impossible that even a hard border would lead to a change in sovereignty, just a good bit of hardship for gib.

[@man_feelings93]

If Spain wants Gibraltar back then they should give back Ceuta and Melilla back to Morocco

[@douglaspate9314]

YES!

[@omereris852]

No. Ceuta and Melilla were never part of Morocco as Gibraltar was part of Spain. Nor are the problems of those territories interconnected. Plus Gibraltar does really harm Spain with tax evasion, contraband, allowing dangerous massive movement of fuel off its shore. The difference in GDP in both sides of the border in all 3 cases makes more people cross the border everyday and that increases the impression of benefits for all parties in the very near proximity. More than 90pc of the population say they are only British and only Spanish respectively. Spain, Morocco along with Portugal (funny thing, Ceuta was conquered by Portugal and after a dynastic crisis it passed to Spain, they chose to keep the previous Portuguese flag and coat of arms till this day) those three countries have a strong bid to organise 2036 world cup and all kind of ties are expected to be reinforced rather than being questioned. There are European flags flying over Ceuta and Melilla. Morocco can't risk its primary commercial partner.

[@peregarciamoreno9444]

Until 1713 Gibraltar was Spanish. Ceuta and Melilla were never Moroccan, they have been Spanish since 1497 (Melilla) and 1640 (Ceuta), Morocco has existed since 1956, many centuries later. It cannot be returned to Morocco because they were never theirs.

[@Garcwyn]

Believe me, Gibraltar will be the last priority with any government that is able to form in Spain. Including the very unlikely scenario of a Vox majority. So much self importance

[@0w784g]

It's got nothing to do with self-importance and everything to do with this company knowing their audience and making videos that will earn them money.

[@Garcwyn]

@@0w784g to be fair this channel is about the intersection of European affairs and Brexit, so this topic is worth covering. However a bit of context would be welcome, for example that Gibraltar will not be in the radar of 99,9% of Spaniards during their election. Hence my original comment

[@jonC1208]

@@Garcwyn but in vox leadership they are all obsesed with the rock

[@Garcwyn]

@@jonC1208 I don’t live with them mate. I can tell you though that Vox voters, by and large, are not obsessed with this at all

[@jonC1208]

@@Garcwyn voters no, but abascal and company are

[@elprimohackier3157]

For those who think that the recovery of Gibraltar would put Spain in trouble regarding Ceuta and Melilla, these cities are much older than the Moroccan state and dynasty, they are cities of territory that was conquered by the Caliphate of the Peninsula and after the Spanish and Portuguese reconquest, those territories were taken. For more than half a millennium, and they dare to compare it with a pirate enclave that is located thousands of kilometers from a country that obtained it through the canyons 300 years ago just to have control in a sea that does not belong to them, ENGLISH PIRATES

[@Mauri7782]

Morocco created spain and portugal. Ceuta and Melilla are older than the iberian current states. Gibraltar is british because spain sold it

[@elprimohackier3157]

@@Mauri7782 hispania was arleady there, Madrid Córdoba or Granada were founded by muslims but Barcelona, Tarragona, Sevilla, Toledo, Zaragoza... were founded by romans, Cádiz (older than 3000 years) ,Málaga, Cartago, ibiza... were founded by fenicians, ampurias, rhode (rosas), abderra... were founded by greeks. Asta Regia, Onoba , Mastia (cartagena), Nabrissa ... were founded by tartessos... also iberians and celts, all this civilizations older than muslims, u founded ceuta and melilla etc aswell but are a part of our identity not the creators hahahahahahah spain is much more than islam or muslims, u enterered, conquerer and founded in hispania, we returned the favor kicking out of the peninsula and be gratefull that we landed in america instead of going inside africa.

[@Europeancitizen]

Can you explain more about VoX

[@Leychen]

I've never cared much about spanish politics because i'm austrian and spain is far away, but this is actually interesting!

[@Pemmont107]

Absolutely no chance:D

[@israelbaras8237]

extremistas nacionalistas, no te los tomes en serio

[@julienmercier2114]

Gibraltar has been British for a longer time than Canada.

[@robban5545]

¿ canada is british?

[@julienmercier2114]

@@robban5545 Since 1763... Who do you think is the head of state in Canada?

[@robban5545]

@@julienmercier2114 Finally, in 1982, Canada became an independent nation,

[@lexibroadbent1467]

I respectfully don’t think so 🤣

[@RRaymer]

Little do they realise this will harm the Spanish communities around Gibraltar then Britain. Youth unemployment is like 60% in the Cadiz region with salaries of less than 800 euro per month. Alot of the young people there work in Gibraltar and bring money back to Spain, around 3000 euro per month. Now Cadiz will fall more into a sh!thole than it already was.

[@oihanlarranegi472]

Hurting some people won't matter to them, anti-british sentiment is pretty common among spanish nationalists. The symbolic victory of regaining the lost lands would probably be enough to compensate the lost jobs, or at least that may be their calculation.

[@danielkristiansen2298]

What makes you think Madrid would suddenly start caring about Andalucia?

[@gfyphg9871]

In order to defend, are your argument you don’t really have to lie why didn’t you just say that it has 100% unemployment it will be equally false

[@parametr]

They know. They don't care. It's a good PR tool.

[@MrJuanmarin99]

The most economically depressed town is the one next to Gibraltar. Maybe that is the issue.

[@EclipseZer0]

It would be a travesty if we didn't get a video about Spain's General Elections results in the TLDR-EU channel. The rundown of Spanish politics and the context of the elections was great, clear, and straight to the point. Great job!

[@alwoolridge6377]

It amazes many how many people believe that Spanish territories in North Africa belong to Morocco. Those regions were spanish centuries before Morocco existed. So not only they are ignorant, but they also give us lessons on "decolonizing". And it worries me how the anglosaxon world prefers to side with the muslim moroccans than the european spanish.

[@unaiestanconapelaez2526]

It's also funny considering that morocco itself has arguably a colony in the western sahara

[@Mauri7782]

Its ironic that iberians are Moroccan spawns and created spain and portugal

[@alwoolridge6377]

@@Mauri7782 What? Have you ever read a history book? From planet Earth I mean... The iberian peninsula had seen at least like 6 or 7 great civilizations (tartessians, iberians, celts, greeks, carthaginians-phoenicians, romans, goths...) before the first berber (not moroccan, which didn't exist as a nation or culture until yesterday) first stepped on it.

[@tomhermens7698]

The international recognized deal was made many years ago.

[@DRKrust492]

The UK will NOT give up Gibralter. Gibraltans overwhelmingly voted to remain in the UK with 98.97% of the vote with a voter turnout of 87.9% in 2002. That was 87% of registered voters (minimum) wanting to stay with the UK. It is very doubtful those numbers have changed much.

[@davidty2006]

Ontop of that Gibralters parliament is separate from the main british one, and it's a military base. So if spain tries to take it were gonna blow their arses up like the general belgrano!

[@widodoakrom3938]

Bring back Spanish empire who ruled the wave 🌊

[@rafaelmartinvannostrand2084]

Spaniard here. VOX bark a lot, they do little. They already are in some of local goverments and they're being quite a disaster, I don't seem them influenting too much IF (big if) the PP and they come to goverment. Brilliant video BTW, you covered everything perfectly

[@rh906]

That is usually the case for most of the boogeymen we are supposed to be scared of and not the actual ones they don't want you to notice. Don't know who that would be in Spain, but in the US that would be antifa and not whatever group they make up here.

[@rogerabadiasarencibia4156]

más quisieras

[@hyusb76]

Ya ha influido seamos realistas para que vox viva tiene que hacerse notar, para atacaran la violencia de genero, derecho LGTB+ y Gibraltar. En los acuerdos regionales de vox y PP ya ha metido estos elementos, aunque en algunos comunidades el PP gobierne en minoría necesita a vox para sacar cualquier ley

[@Lazykactus]

Afuera el ministerio de igualdad que sólo sirve para sacar violadores

[@duncansmith7562]

100% agree. VOX love to bark, but VOX won't have any mandate to do anything with Spain's borders, so probably the status quo on the border with Gib will continue indefinitely. No concrete deal is needed tomorrow.

[@albert91tgn]

It's PP not PPP Ciudadanos is not Kiudadanos

[@redwards5000]

Why do you keep saying PPP?

[@QemeH]

0:22 - ACKCHUALLY **pushes glasses up on nose** Gibraltar is *not* the southern tip of the iberian peninsula. It is really close and always portrait this way because of it's gateway function to the mediterranean sea, but the actual southern tip of the iberian peninsula is in the city of Tarifa, Spain, just opposite the Isla de Tarifa, a small island inside the strait on Gibraltar.

[@conorpatrickmarsh3785]

I feel it’s time for self-governance in Gibraltar 🇬🇮

[@juanantoniogomezdelpulgarg2273]

Gibraltar can't be independent British or spanish as stated in Utrecht treaty but never independent

[@Mathewnr1]

why not include all the countries of eu in the graph with the inflation rate?

[@falconvelocity]

Throw the US in there whilst you're at it. (if you're trying to prove the point the UK has the highest inflation I mean)

[@theadopou]

1:18 Ringing the *BEÄØURL*

[@zozoeternal1681]

An important point about a hard border. It goes both ways. The local spanish economy is heavily reliant on gibraltar.

[@jabato9779]

We will invest and create jobs for them. Meanwhile, those in Gibraltar cannot go back and forth to their houses in Spain.

[@klaykid117]

It really doesn't sound like vox would do something like that from reading a lot of the other comments from Spaniards. It sounds like they would intentionally leave them to rot

[@enzonavarro8550]

​@@jabato9779I hope so, but it's always very difficult to change things for the better when related to government

[@andres1945]

actually local economy does not depend on gibraltar, its the other way around.

[@reheyesd8666]

The sumar alliance sounds like a situation of when you vote for someone for their beliefs but they have to be compromise for the sake of the alliance, doing the complete opposite of what you want.

[@albal156]

Well theres a complete difference between that coming to a agreed position where you can get a flavour of all the coalitions involved in the agreement and the Labour Liberal and green Parties in England.

[@pepedomecq3927]

We should give back Gibraltar

[@samburgess7924]

Gibraltar's economy would grind to a halt, then quickly reorganise as the free market tends to do.

[@etialpti9930]

CUIDADANOS

[@ixlnxs]

Yes, that was hilarious. And later on he calls the Partido Popular the "PPP"

[@juanpabloperezgomez4349]

That one must go to the All Time "British People can't Pronounce Foreign Words to Save their Own Life" Hall of Fame.

[@jiminverness]

So Spain want's to take Gibraltar away from the UK but also wants to hold onto Ceuta and Melilla.

[@JP-xd6fm]

That's fun. As Spaniard I would love to have gibraltar and seriously I would return ceuta and melilla back to marocco. And I would get Andorra or at least half of it. But I will *NEVER* vote for the right wing. *NEVER* , that's the stupidest thing to do.

[@juanjoniebles452]

​@@JP-xd6fmCeuta and Melilla are parts of the Spanish nation since it formed politically under the Catholic Monarchy in the late 15th century. They never formed part of Morocco, which is a relatively new national reality. Morocco has no legitimate claim to Ceuta and Melilla. It would be stupid and traitorous to give the Moroccan regime our territory.

[@AlejandroSanchez-is2ci]

ceuta and melilla are not colonies accordintg to the UN , they vote for the spanish parlament and have the same rights that people from Madrid

[@armedgarach]

Well, the truth is, Ceuta and Melilla were Spanish before the kindom of Morocco was established so there is no equivalence between Gibraltar and those two cities. I would not want to see a full border between Gibraltar and Spain but I would be in favour of them joining Spain for the sake of practicallity. Maybe people from Gibraltar could have double nationality or something.

[@jabato9779]

Spain has no colonies in Africa. Ceuta y Melilla have been Spanish long before Morocco existed, they are as Spanish as Madrid. Inform yourself better.

[@defensachicharrera]

the "ppp" had me cracking

[@dbzfanexwarbrady]

honestly Gibraltar should be a city state like Monaco

[@Lando-kx6so]

Dark times for the EU if they get elected & a wave of far right governments come to power on the continent

[@notjustforhackers4252]

The EU is already in "dark times" thanks to the "far left", its why people are dissatisfied and voting otherwise.

[@thomasherrin6798]

Yes the EU won't have to worry about blighty, they will have to worry about themselves!?!

[@hector5922]

While I agree that far right is dangerous, you gotta ask yourself if there is anything the government is doing wrong for the people to be so angry. It's true they've managed to do things and I wouldn't call this term catastrophic. However, we've got a bunch of laws that have not been voted in congress and were still passed, they treat territories quite unequally, they try to enforce a single way of thinking, they lie constantly (in fairness everyone does) and they can't meet the expectations that they created when they were voted into power. And people are understandably sick of it, and will get to the opposite extreme if needed to have them out. I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, but it's what's happened many times in history already

[@inconnu4961]

@@hector5922 Thank you! this is the part the Left always forgets! Voting in Right-center parties is a direct referendum on what the Left is doing! its not due to racism or ALL the many preferred character assassination excuses the LEFT typical trots out to impugn the public! if the Left would stop acting like a horde of demons, no one would have to worry about Right-center or far right parties! LOL

[@atkospr]

​@@hector5922Yeah, the governments should do something to appease the people so they don't turn to extremes instead of complaining that the far right is growing but do nothing against it.

[@bearsagainstevil]

Other country's have tried to conquer British pirate caves before it doesn't work out well, normally the British win. The British really like having pirate caves around the world

[@falconvelocity]

The Spanish empire was huge!!! Same as the French, the Dutch, the Portuguese and the British. The British have like a few islands? It's hardly a major empire really is it. It gave nearly everything up after WW2. Quite rightly too!

[@parametr]

England is not and empire anymore, mate. Those caves are goign to be lost. And we will surely see it happen.

[@bearsagainstevil]

@@parametr They said this about the Falkland's and there is no likelihood they will be lost any time soon. The same applies with Gibraltar

[@bearsagainstevil]

@@falconvelocity the Islands have strategic importance so the UK kept them

[@davidty2006]

It's also a royal navy and airforce base, meaning it's a military base that has a population center for some reason. So even if spain did try and take gibraltar it would be a act of war against the UK as a whole thus royal navy will all of a sudden have a budget and the submarines can go turn the spanish navy into a general belgrano.

[@bobbobhouse312]

How did they manage to own that in the first place water usually keeps anyone from encroaching lmao

[@Bofatutube]

The last colony in Europe they say? People from islands big and small around Britain might disagree with that

[@pwnd331]

oh no the online gambling casinos would go down?! unacceptable! what is considered in the UK has to happen somewhere if not there then where could people set up these illegal casinos?!

[@NTL578]

They aren’t ‘Illegal’ casinos. They’re just head offices of betting companies like Ladbroke, which have shops everywhere.

[@blair2798]

Give it back to Spain. Best outcome for everyone.

[@Myles0Harcourt]

Not for the inhabitants, who should be the only consideration

[@jesusbermudez6775]

@@Myles0Harcourt Nobody cares about inhabitants. People are just numbers. It's all about money. If it is more beneficial for the UK financially to give it back, they will give it back.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@jesusbermudez6775not going to happen

[@Myles0Harcourt]

@@jesusbermudez6775 many of the UK's OTs are not financially profitable but are still maintained.

[@jesusbermudez6775]

@@Myles0Harcourt When the money is needed they will be sold.

[@georgios_5342]

5:31 that's not true, Britain also retains sickening colonies in Cyprus, namely Akrotiri and Dhekelia

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

Gibraltar isn’t Spanish, it’s people don’t want to be Spanish, and it will never be part of Spain again

[@Pystro]

Oh, at 5:34 when a Brit says "Voted 96% to remain", they obviously mean "remain in the EU" on their Brexit vote. Not to "remain British", as I assumed the first time I watched that part. (I re-watched it to find out if that many wanted to stay British _before_ or _after_ Brexit, which would probably make a large difference.)

[@plamerj1234]

they had 2 votes 1 to remain controlled by British government that had 98% and 1 to remain in European union that they voted 95% to remain in. Gibraltarians do not want to be governed by the Spanish government. this video did downplay how many people in la Linea need Gibraltar for work, and the money that Gibraltar makes for the citizens of la Linea. closing the border would be difficult for a bit for gibraltar until they can sort shipping goods, but the loss of income to that many households in la Linea would hurt the area and would effect many businesses there in the long term.

[@griffinmccue6189]

One problem: how does Vox try to do that when Gibraltar's currency is pegged to sterling rather than the euro?

[@silas823]

Do not ask hard questions to Vox

[@KarolusTemplareV]

Not really, the Gibraltar thing is all for show. The only real point of dispute are the alleged extra confiscations of land the British have done which means that more than half the Gibraltar airport is in stolen land. Meanwhile allegedly GB defends this on a technicality as such as being picky about which treaty is more important.

[@perro0076]

Eh. Spain would not sign the initial Brexit divorse agreement. Now nothing moves in Gibraltar unless it gets the nod from Spain. Effectively they have sovereignty over Gibraltar

[@Tusiriakest]

As a Portuguese, I do hope they starting asking for Gibraltar back, so they have to return Olivença back to Portugal. The UK is not oblige to give Gibraltar to Spain, but Spain is obliged by the Congress of Vienna and the treaty of Paris, to return Olivença to Portugal, they compromised to do so, and never did. So ye, let them start that argument and the UK will (as is tradition) have the full support of Portugal, unless this old debt from our Spanish "younger brothers" is paid.

[@rh906]

Strike when the iron is hot. And the UK is burning hot right now. :)

[@Hadrian363]

Imagine Spain trying to take Gibraltar from the UK though. While they are at it we will support Catalonia to gain independence, we all know losing Catalonia would be catastrophic economically for Spain as Catalonia is the richest state in Spain

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@rh906😂💩🤡

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@rh906Independence for Catalonia 😊

[@AlejandroSanchez-is2ci]

@@Hadrian363 catalonia is not the richest state in spain. It is Madrid

[@andrewpotato6002]

Why not just sell off Gibraltar. We don't use it any more and could use the dosh.

[@stevenjoy3537]

Why does Spain never talk about its colonies in Morocco

[@Danlovar]

UN says Western Sahara is still Spain's, but Spain does not aknowledge it anymore since Franco's death.

[@israelbaras8237]

porque no son colonias, forman parte del territorio y tienen tantos derechos y representacion como los cuidadanos de Madrid

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

Buena suerte España!

[@fossilvivo]

Since people here are debating Gibraltar and added Ceuta and Melilla to the mix, I have another question: Could Spain return Olivença to Portugal?

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

Since the Declaración de Olivenza in 2008 that is just a non starter. Olivenza wants to stay Spanish and both Spain, Portugal ans the EU have signed on it through that treaty, the conflict is sealed entirely.

[@MedK001]

@@thespanishinquisition4078 no ...lmao look at that username.

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

@@MedK001 its a monty python sketch get your head out of the gutter.

[@SaintGerbilUK]

​@@thespanishinquisition4078how is that too different to Gibraltar? It wants to remain British, but Spain wants to upset the apple cart.

[@jorgebarriosmur]

@@thespanishinquisition4078 Nobody expects you!

[@normannabatar6260]

It's certainly a pivotal issue for the U.K. It should agree to a Minsk 3 Agreement.

[@realshaho3180]

I mean, I somewhat understand Spain’s upset with having a British «colony» at their doorstep, but the irony is in Ceuta and Melilla🙃

[@nathanoyeght]

Spain holds onto Ceuta and Melila to manage and check the uncontrolled migration of illegals. It helps Spain to have better control of the body of water separating it from Africa, unlike UK which depends on sending good amount of taxpayer money to France to have border checks at Calais. British people should ask what's the purpose of holding onto parcels of territories which were never part of core area of British isles.

[@Kramlets]

The next thing you know we'll have Northern Ireland returning to Ireland.

[@smilesmite6682]

Any attempt at that would probably result in mass unrest and riots that both countries want to avoid

[@jabato9779]

I'd love to see Ireland reunited. It will come.

[@davidty2006]

@@jabato9779 Well no matter what it will bring violence. The current status of "It isn't but it is" has been completely fine with everyone who isn't the DUP.

[@klaykid117]

I doubt that's going to happen from the northern Irish I've talked to. They don't like the UK that much, but they also feel absolutely betrayed by the Irish Republic giving them away as just a bargaining chip

[@JannaTravels]

Gibraltar will survive no matter what, we just tired of waiting for the final agreement 🤦‍♀️

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

What dispute?

[@blueodum]

Can't see a return to Spain against the will of the Gibraltarians, and a large majority feel British and would not vote for reunification with Spain. Also can't see a super hard border happening, but possibly special passes/queues for Spanish workers working in Gibraltar and more stringent border checks for others.

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

They can have a hard border, the UK has other overseas territories that manage despite being isolated.

[@israelbaras8237]

aqui español, la idea que tienen los nacionalistas extremos aqui no es convencer a los gibraltareños , sino expulsarlos a reino unido ya que no reconocen que esa tierra sea suya xd entienden? menos mal que han perdido hahahaahah ahora queda lo dificil, que se pongan de acuerdo nuestros paises a ver que pasa con gibraltar, tambien estaria bien un poco de caso por parte de gibraltar a españa, que hay una lucha en esa zona contra el trafico ilegal de drogas que vienen de africa y nunca cooperan como se deberia, yo seria una de las condiciones que pondria en el acuerdo xd un poco de cooperacion maritima xd aunque no creo que tenga que ver con esta disputa pero estaria bien unir fuerzas contra estas mafias

[@Chris-ln6so]

So interesting that so much of mainland Europe is turning right just as the UK, so burned by Brexit, turns left

[@Dreyno]

The pendulum swings over and back. The issue the U.K. has is that it stays on the right far longer than the left (31 of the last 44 years) and the Overton window shifts to the right. A country that perpetually votes right ends up with a left that isn’t very left at all. People get the Labour Party they deserve. Keep voting right and your left becomes almost right as well.

[@mrsentencename7334]

@@Besthinktwicethe government in the uk are big state authoritarians who serve the globalist vampires. Landing strip 1 is finished so don’t even bother thinking about it

[@garycaldwell7133]

Spain claims Gibraltar but in the same way they have 2 parts of Morocco. It is playing a tough game as they hold both sides. They won't give back to Morocco,but play the opposite with U.K.

[@ava-he9li]

Is not the same case

[@ava-he9li]

Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish from before morroco even exist and are parts of Spain as anyother like Madrid ...

[@pritapp788]

Just like Britain talks about holding referenda to respect the will of the (English) people, but then denies this right to other members of the union such as Scotland? If Spain can't have territories in Africa why can Britain have territories in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific? See, it's not just the Spanish who are displaying double standards here.

[@yannicklarafunez4768]

@@pritapp788 Especially considering Gibraltar wanted to stay in the EU, but ask Ceuta and Melilla if they wanna get kicked out of the EU by joining a nation with a different religion, language and culture. Arguably, Gibraltar should go to neither and become it's own thing like Monaco or San Marino

[@saadselkent367]

​@@ava-he9liofcourse it's not Morocco is an African nation

[@Iberian_XAVO]

3:57 Nice touch adding those parties but you forgot that this problem was exacerbated by the fact the leader of Unidas Podemos created a separate platform named Sumar and took away half of the leftist electoral base.

[@danhunt3327]

Something obviously missing from the video, what do the people of gibraltar think of this? Obviously they voted overwhelming remain in 2016, but what is the public split between staying in the UK or joining spain in the EU?

[@theconqueringram5295]

I hope this doesn't interfere with Gibraltar's internal governance. Even though Gibraltar is the 'last colony of Europe', would say the Gibraltarians have largely benefited with this order of things. However, once again Brexit has proven to be a colossal mistake, screwing people over beyond the British Isles.

[@filipe5722]

​@@GhostprocedureThat's the worst argument ever. Plenty of colonies were exchanged between nations. Doing so doesn't exclude them from being colonies. A saner argument would talk about self-governance instead...

[@TheRedmike67]

@@fedevida1951Spain officially ceded Gibraltar to Britain in 1715 under the treaty of Utrecht