Why does the Spanish government not recognize the government, police, legal system, etc. in Gibraltar?
A4: Because if they did, they couldn’t call us a “colony” (non-self- governing territory)- one of the “insults” they regularly use. The Spanish government says it “abhors colonialism”, when they happily recognize other non-self- governing territories’ institutions, and refuse to recognize our large measure of self-government. This makes life difficult for their own institutions, who have (unofficially) requested, and received, co-operation with the Royal Gibraltar Police against drug-smugglers and illegal immigrants from Africa. Spanish government policy is frequently inconsistent and hypocritical on matters which affect Gibraltar. (See A3) UPDATE: the Anglo Spanish Agreement has recognized our Police and ID cards.
