Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory which shares a border with Spain (Image: Getty)
David Cameron risks ceding British sovereignty with his Gibraltar deal, Tory MPs have warned.
Conservative MPs said the possibility that EU border checks could be carried out at the Rock's airport, which doubles as an RAF station, is "unacceptable" and risks a "backlash" if there is "any kind of sellout".
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A senior Tory MP told the Sunday Telegraph: “I’m concerned about it. The principal issue is one of sovereignty and control.
"Half of the world’s shipping passes through the Straits of Gibraltar. It’s therefore essential that we should have proper control of what happens there.
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“The proposals that we’ve got which include having Schengen border guards at the airport are really unacceptable.
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"If you haven’t got sole control over the access to your own territory, which is what would be the case if they had Schengen border officials in the airport, then your sovereignty has clearly been compromised.
“We need to ensure that British sovereignty is maintained and the security of the Rock is maintained… If we compromise on that it’s going to be absolutely disastrous, simply because it is literally one of the most important military strategic assets in the world. It’s hard to think of anything that’s more strategically important.”
They said that Conservative MPs were “particularly concerned about it”, adding: “If they feel that anything is being done that’s going to compromise the sovereignty of Gibraltar there will be a very adverse backlash.”
Another Tory MP said: “The worry obviously is any kind of sellout… anything that gives an inch or the idea that we’re not fully in control of who goes in and out.”
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It comes after Lord Cameron held further talks on the future of the British Overseas Territory with shares a border with Spain during a visit to Brussels last Thursday.
The Foreign Secretary met European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic, Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares and Gibraltar chief minister Fabian Picardo for a second round of discussions about the territory's relationship with the EU.
The nature of that relationship remains unresolved following Brexit, with rules governing Gibraltar's border with Spain understood to be a major sticking point.
A joint statement issued after the talks said they led to "important breakthroughs" with a final agreement "getting closer".
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Mr Picardo also insisted it was “wrong” to suggest that the deal would “in any way affect British sovereignty”.
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesman said: “As the chief minister of Gibraltar has said, it is wrong to suggest that this deal in any way affects British sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over Gibraltar.
“The UK will only reach an agreement with the EU: which the government of Gibraltar is content with; safeguards Gibraltar’s sovereignty; and fully protects the operations and independence of the UK’s military facilities in Gibraltar.”
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