%0 Journal Article 
%A Verdú Baeza, Jesús
%T Gibraltar in Spanish Foreign Policy: Brexit as an opportunity for a New Approach
%D 2021
%@ 1474 – 029X
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35678
%X This article aims to highlight new opportunities for Spanish foreign policy in relation to Gibraltar. In the post-Franco era Gibraltar adopted the role of catalyst for national sentiment, which is highly significant given the issues Spain has with national identity and territorial cohesion. However, there is a ifferential approach between the two main Spanish political parties. The right-wing party seeks confrontation and polarisation for electoral gain and has put forward various proposals for co-sovereignty. The left-wing 
party, however, has adopted a more conciliatory approach and strives to negotiate and encourage cross-border channels of dialo gue. Gibraltar’s exit from the EU and the need to reformulate its European legal status opens up an opportunity to define a new and more stable framework for relations between Gibraltar and Spain. 
That will be by no means an easy task
%K Gibraltar
%K sovereignty
%K Spanish foreign policy
%K Brexit
%~ Universidad de Cádiz