A question by the Spanish right-wing party Vox in the European parliament, which sought to knock refuelling at Gibraltar, has backfired.

The questioner, Jorge Buxade Villalba, also tried to establish that Gibraltar's territorial waters belonged to the EU, but that also backfired. The questioner also referred, more than once, to Gibraltar as a colony.
This was the question: The bunkering on floating refuelling platforms that the colony of Gibraltar carries out in Spanish waters which it de facto controls in breach of international law is posing a serious environmental problem, as many boats refuel in the colony in order to avoid tax.

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