Conservative MEP Julie Girling is defying a threat by Spain’s Foreign Minister to plant his flag on Gibraltar after Britain leaves the EU.
Mrs Girling, who represents the South West and Gibraltar in the European Parliament, spoke out after a war of words led to the menacing message from José Manuel García-Margallo.
After Gibraltar’s First Minister Fabian Picardo insisted Spain would never get its hands on the UK overseas territory, Garcia-Margallo gave the haughty response: “I won’t put my hands there, I will plant my flag.”
Today Mrs Girling said: “There is no place for threatening language like that. The people themselves will decide which flag they fly over the Rock”.
“The Foreign Minister can keep his flag just where it is. Otherwise, Gibraltarians might suggest somewhere else he can put it”!
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