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Brexit scaremongering is international. Spain has threatened to cut off access to Gibraltar if Britain quits the EU, essentially leaving it lonely and isolated under the belly of Europe. RT unpicks other recent doomsday predictions from Project Fear.<\/p>\n
Should I stay or should I go? That is the question facing Brits on June 27, when a referendum will be held on the UK\u2019s continued membership of the European Union.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister David Cameron named the date for the vote last month following frantic negotiations with fellow EU leaders. Since then leaders from across the globe have made clear their opposition to Brexit, with many resorting to scare tactics.<\/p>\n
RT has examined some of the best examples of Project Fear at work.<\/p>\n
Madrid warned it could close the border with Gibraltar and renege on its obligations to the tiny British territory if the UK leaves the EU.
The Spanish government said on Saturday it would no longer have to respect directives from Brussels on the free movement of capital, goods and labor in and out of \u2018the Rock.\u2019<\/p>\n
Spain views Gibraltar as a territory under \u201cillegal occupation\u201d and may try to exploit the EU referendum to get revenge for the continued British presence in the territory, which was captured by the UK in 1704.<\/p>\n
France issued a not-so-veiled threat earlier this month when it warned a Brexit could result in migrants who are stranded in Calais traveling unchecked across the Channel.<\/p>\n
French Finance Minister Emmanuel Macron said a British withdrawal from the EU would spell the end of the 2003 treaty which allows UK border guards to be stationed in Calais.<\/p>\n
Macron also suggested France would \u201croll out the red carpet\u201d for bankers wanting to \u201crepatriate\u201d from the City of London to Paris.<\/p>\n
Given Berlin has the most to lose in the event of a Brexit, it\u2019s not surprising Germany jumped on the Project Fear bandwagon last month.<\/p>\n
German Prime Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned a Brexit would be \u201cpoison\u201d for British, European and global trade.<\/p>\n
He said years of challenging negotiations and insecurity would follow if the UK leaves the EU.<\/p>\n
Despite the fact the US isn\u2019t even in Europe, Washington has been vocal and persistent in its opposition to Brexit.<\/p>\n
Lieutenant General Frederick Hodges, head of the US Army in Europe, echoed President Barack Obama when he warned such a divorce would cause NATO serious damage. Obama himself plans to visit the UK before the June vote to urge British citizens to stay in the EU.<\/p>\n
US Senator John McCain even dug out the Russian threat earlier this month. He said whatever the results of Britain\u2019s referendum, \u201cit will send a strong message to Vladimir Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n
While being accused of supporting Brexit, Russia, unlike the US, has largely kept out of the debate.<\/p>\n
Earlier in March, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: \u201cNone of our allies want us to leave the EU: nor Australia, nor New Zealand, not Canada, not the US. In fact, the only country [that] would like us to leave the EU is Russia. That fact should probably tell us everything we need to know<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n The Russian embassy in London replied at the time: \u201cWe find this unfair towards both Russia, with whom Britain maintains diplomatic relations, and the British people, who deserve a better treatment from their own government.\u201d<\/p>\n In resorting to the \u201cwicked Russia thesis<\/em>,\u201d they \u201cadmit they cannot win an argument in an open and straightforward debate<\/em>\u201d with the British people, it argued.<\/p>\n With only weeks to go before the referendum, Project Fear and its allies abroad will no doubt drop many more doomsday scenarios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brexit scaremongering is international. Spain has threatened to cut off access to Gibraltar if Britain quits the EU, essentially leaving it lonely and isolated under the belly of Europe. RT unpicks other recent doomsday predictions from Project Fear. Should I stay or should I go? That is the question facing Brits on June 27, when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-234747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}