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The Andalusian PSOE has reopened the controversy between the Government and Gibraltar with a non-law proposal presented in the regional Parliament asking for the controls at the Gate to be eliminated. The text has outraged Foreign Affairs, where it is not understood why the socialists speak of “adjacent waters” in the Rock, nor that they speak of a “border” between La Línea and the colony. Yesterday the Parliament of Andalusia approved the non-legal proposal that urges the Government to promote economic activation measures in Campo de Gibraltar and to end "cross-border controls" in La Verja . The PP criticized this motion, although the text presented in the Chamber has been received even worse in Foreign Affairs. As sources close to the ministry explain to El Confidencial Digital , the PNL “grants” Gibraltar, implicitly, “waters that are not under its jurisdiction . ” Specifically, it refers to the area in which the concrete blocks were thrown, and "places it in the orbit of the colony", when the place "belongs to Spanish sovereignty." In the text, signed by the Andalusian PSOE spokesperson in Parliament, Mario Jiménez, it is stated that " the Government of Gibraltar placed concrete blocks in adjacent waters ." From Foreign Affairs they explain that "adjacent" has two meanings - contiguous and "property" - that "at no time do they adjust to the territorial reality." The PSOE talks about “border” In addition to the mention of the “adjacent waters” of Gibraltar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also been bothered by the reiteration of references to the “border” between La Línea and Gibraltar.
For the Government, between the colony and the Cadiz municipality there is no such border, but rather a “passage, a fence.” For this reason, the cabinet led by José Manuel García-Margallo criticizes the PSOE for talking about “border controls.” Furthermore, the Phone Number List sources consulted also criticize the socialists for justifying the extraction of sand and rocks carried out by trucks from Gibraltar in Spanish territory . Specifically, the PSOE group in the Andalusian Parliament assures that the Rock "has at all times needed the neighboring municipalities of Campo de Gibraltar for the supply of basic raw materials, such as food, furniture, machinery, construction materials, etc. ”. New meetings between the mayor of la Línea and Picardo The Government links the text approved in the Andalusian Parliament with the new meetings of PSOE leaders with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo. Last summer, in the midst of the diplomatic crisis with the Peñón, Gemma Araújo and José Carracao , mayor of La Línea and former socialist senator, respectively, held discreet meetings with the colony's politician, advising him and offering their support in the controversy with the Government by Rajoy. Both socialist leaders could be seen, less than a month ago, talking with Picardo on the other side of the fence .With one month to go before the European elections, all population polls predict an abstention of more than 40 percent in Spain. Despite this information, the European Parliament cannot, in our country, carry out campaigns that encourage voting. The Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime prevents this.
As El Confidencial Digital has learned , the European Parliament is finalizing the information campaign that it will carry out in all the countries of the Union in view of the elections that will be held in the month of May. Work began at the beginning of April and the posters, sound cuts and images are practically ready. In Spain, it is planned that the announcement will inform about the date of the elections - May 25 - along with the logo of the community body. In no case will a message appear calling Spaniards to the polls , as the European Parliament does in other countries on the continent. The Spanish electoral law prevents encouraging voting Community sources consulted by this newspaper explain that, in Spain, the current legislation on electoral matters prevents each and every one of the bodies calling for elections , whether the central or regional governments, or the European Parliament as in this case, from encouraging vote among the electorate. Specifically, this veto is included in the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime which, in its article 50, establishes that “the public powers that by virtue of their legal competence have called an electoral process may carry out a campaign of a nature during the electoral period. institutional intended to inform citizens about the date of the vote , the procedure for voting and the requirements and procedures for voting by mail, without influencing, in any case, the orientation of the voters' vote . The objective of the LOREG, with this article, is to protect the right to abstention , something that, according to the sources consulted, "does not occur in other countries of the European Union", where it is allowed to request the participation of the electorate.