= Сообщение: 4709 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555 03 Apr 17 22:07:51 Кому : Ward Dossche 03 Apr 17 22:07:51 Тема : Brexit, It giet oan! FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+58e2af42 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+e1064533 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP850 ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+58e3e93a ============================================================================== Hello Ward,
On Monday April 03 2017 18:05, you wrote to me:
WD> I don't think there will be a military conflict about Gibraltar. WD> England is a member of NATO ... it has funny consequences for WD> Gibraltar.
Let's hope and expect it will not get to that. But lately other things have happened that I neither hoped nor expected.
Mv>> The EU does not want an outside border between Gibraltar and Mv>> Spain.
WD> I think Spain has already stated there will be no border [probably WD> because so many Spaniards hold jobs at the Rock ...], it is a tourist WD> attraction first class ... a money maker.
A border may be what they do not want, but if Gibraltar stays in the UK, there may be no choice. Just like between Ulster and the Irish republic.
The peopleof Gibraltar voted twice in a referendum to stay British. They still wish to remain British, but they were also very much against Brexit. Now that the choice would not be just between the UK and Spain, but bewteen the EU and the UK, the latter implying an iron curtain between them and Spain, the may review their choice. The economy of Gibraltar heavely depends on the EU. Much nore that on the "motherland".
Mv>> Hawks in the UK have already cried war "to protect the people of Mv>> Gibraltar".
Mv>> The divorce between the EU an the UK will not be a nice "let us Mv>> part as friends" thing.
WD> I find the whole tone hostile ...
So do I, but to me it does not come as a surprise. The realisation that there will be no "better deal" is sinking in...
