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There are subtle differences. Gibraltar was Spanish before The Utrech Treaty, that even included some expiration date IIRC. Ceuta and Melilla were Spanish towns
by narag 7y ago
There are subtle differences. Gibraltar was Spanish before The Utrech Treaty, that even included some expiration date IIRC. Ceuta and Melilla were Spanish towns before Morocco even existed. Not that it will matter in the long run...
- Al-Khwarizmi 7y agoApart from the expiration date issue, the British unilaterally extended their territory taking more land than they were assigned by the Utrecht treaty, several times. Sometimes using such scummy techniques as asking the Spanish government for permission to temporarily built sick houses outside their border during a cholera outbreak, and when the outbreak was over... they just kept that territory. To be honest, I'm not a patriot by any means and I do think that Ceuta and Melilla will probably need to be handed to Morocco at some point, as enclaves in general don't make much sense. But the situation is not even remotely comparable from a legal and historical standpoint. I don't think the differences can even be called "subtle".
- robin_reala 7y agoI’m not sure there is an expiration date. Wikipedia (so pinch of salt) has the text as reading that Spain ceded to Great Britain: “the full and entire propriety of the town and castle of Gibraltar, together with the port, fortifications, and forts thereunto belonging ... for ever, without any exception or impediment whatsoever.”
- narag 7y agoThat's right, I got confused with something else.