(Gibraltar Chronicle) Britain's Deputy PM Nick Clegg talks to Spain's PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero during a meeting at Moncloa palace in Madrid. The Deputy Leader of Britain's coalition government, Nick Clegg, has told Spanish premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero that UK will not change is stance on Gibraltar. The Spanish press picked up on the comment, noting his having a Spanish wife. "I must be absolutely clear on this point. The (British) Government will not in any way accept a change in the status of Gibraltar unless this is approved by the inhabitants of the Rock," he said. "I know, thanks to my political family, that this position is not popular in Spain, but it was the outgoing government's position and one that we share."
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