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British settlers to form a varied and multiracial community.” It is estimated that between 7,000 and 8,000 Spaniards enter and leave through the Gate to work on the Rock. Furthermore, they highlight that the use of the Spanish language is “relegated to informal conversations.” They explain that "the official language is English, although there is a mixture of English and Spanish" which they describe as a "dialect" and "is known as 'Yanito'." In the section dedicated to the history of Gibraltar, it is explained that the first to “conquer the Rock” was “the Arab leader Tarik-Ibn-Zeyad” in the 8th century. They indicate that Gibraltar “was never Spanish until 1462” and jump directly to 1704, when “Admiral Sir George Rooke saw the opportunity to take the Rock.” Furthermore, early yesterday on the tourism website some errors related to the history of Spain could be seen. In a chronological axis they claimed that Franco “closed the border in 2007 [it happened in 1969] to draw attention to his claims regarding Gibraltar.” At the close of this edition, they had already been corrected.Recently, two Internet search engines, Google and Bing, have changed the name “Bahía de Gibraltar” on their maps for a new, more 'Spanish' one: “ Bahia de Algeciras ”. The Encyclopedia Britannica has also done so , which has begun to use the name “Bay of Algeciras”, although it adds “Bay of Gibraltar” in a parenthesis.
Centuries ago, the bay was known as Gibraltar because it was the most important town in that area. Over time, Algeciras grew much more and ended up giving its name to those waters . A part of the marine waters are the subject of dispute Special Database between Madrid and London because they are claimed by the United Kingdom as British waters - specifically the three nautical miles around the Rock -, something that Spain does not accept, since, by the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 , only gave up the waters inside the port of Gibraltar.Since the legislature began, one of the objectives that the Government has set is to reach a great PP-PSOE pact to carry out a law to reform the Senate , with the intention of turning it into the highest body of autonomous representation and thus giving it greater importance. Last May, the plan was launched, with the creation of a group of 14 experts , proposed by the parliamentary groups, in charge of drafting a series of proposals that will later be debated by popular and socialists, and the rest of parties with representation in the Chamber. The project was to have a definitive and approved text before December 2013 but, as El Confidencial Digital has learned , PP and PSOE have decided to accelerate the deadlines to have the reform agreed before June 2013 and thus stop Artur's independence drift. Further. Leave the separatists without arguments Sources with top-level positions in the Upper House explain to ECD Diario that, since the last Catalan elections, “conversations have intensified” between the two main parties, with the idea of having a draft of the reform prepared in the first quarter.
next year , and then begin the parliamentary process. The objective is to “counteract as soon as possible the sovereignty process that is going to be articulated in Catalonia, presenting a new Senate model that leaves Mas's independence theories without arguments .” Among other decisions, "it will be established that all regional governments have a representative in the chamber , with voice and vote, following the model that Germany has with the ' lander' in its Upper House." In this way, "the idea, promoted by the Catalan independentists, that the central State does not attend to the demands of its citizens will end." Statutes, Education, Health...will be debated only in the Senate In addition to the representation of regional executives, PP and PSOE have advanced other measures that will be included in the Senate reform. Among them, the sources consulted highlight that, as of the approval of this new law, the Upper House will be the one that decides on the processing of all projects that have to do with the autonomous communities, such as changes in the Statutes. of Autonomy and local financing . The same will happen with the transfer of taxes from the State to the autonomous communities , one of the most controversial issues due to the demands of regions such as Catalonia and the Basque Country, which demand jurisdiction in matters that the Tax Agency now handles, such as the collection of certain taxes.