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La Linea Mayor wants to charge a toll for entry to Gibraltar from Spain
Cash strapped La Linea Town Hall has come up with the idea of charging a toll on those who want to cross into Gibraltar.
The measure would affect both pedestrians and vehicles, although Spanish workers on the rock would be exempt. The Partido Popular Mayor, Alejandro Sánchez, has ordered a study into the legality of the idea to be carried out and says he is doing so given how the municipality has been abandoned by the Spanish Government. The Mayor considers the Spanish Foreign Ministry is being ‘favourable’ to Gibraltar and ‘discriminatory’ against La Linea.
He argues that ‘millions of visitors cross his town to get into the British colony’, and that most of Gibraltar’s income comes from visitors from Spain. Meanwhile’, he went on, ‘we have 10,000 unemployed in La Linea’.
The Mayor said he was going to march the 20 kilometres to the Central Government offices Algeciras on July 30th to demand ‘a structural solution’ for his town.
The measure would affect both pedestrians and vehicles, although Spanish workers on the rock would be exempt. The Partido Popular Mayor, Alejandro Sánchez, has ordered a study into the legality of the idea to be carried out and says he is doing so given how the municipality has been abandoned by the Spanish Government. The Mayor considers the Spanish Foreign Ministry is being ‘favourable’ to Gibraltar and ‘discriminatory’ against La Linea.
He argues that ‘millions of visitors cross his town to get into the British colony’, and that most of Gibraltar’s income comes from visitors from Spain. Meanwhile’, he went on, ‘we have 10,000 unemployed in La Linea’.
The Mayor said he was going to march the 20 kilometres to the Central Government offices Algeciras on July 30th to demand ‘a structural solution’ for his town.
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