According to media reports, on 4 October 2001 thousands of Gibraltarians protested against this outcome.18 In March 2002, the Gibraltar Government rejected as “illegal and politically unacceptable” further reported arrangements between Spain and the United Kingdom whereby both States would discuss which European Union aviation measures should be applied to the Territory and which should not.19
En mars 2002, le Gouvernement gibraltarien a qualifié d'« illégal et de politiquement inacceptable » l'arrangement entre l'Espagne et le Royaume-Uni, annoncé ultérieurement, conformément auquel les deux États examineraient la question de savoir quelles mesures européennes relatives à l'aviation il conviendrait ou non d'appliquer à Gibraltar.