Spain's border checks on Gibraltar have not broken EU law, the European Commission said on Friday (15 November) in response to a simmering dispute between Madrid and the UK government.
Spanish border authorities tightened routine controls on the land border in a tit-for-tat exchange, which saw Gibraltar authorities drop concrete blocks off the coast to create an artificial reef, after complaining that Spanish fishermen were encroaching into their waters.
The extra checks at a bor...
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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.