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New Era for Gibraltar as Border Controls with Spain Set to End
The deal will end long queues for about 15,000 cross-border workers and bring Gibraltar into the European customs union and Schengen zone.
- On July 15, Gibraltar will remove its border with Spain, allowing freedom of movement between the British Overseas Territory and the European Union's Schengen zone.
- Gibraltarians, who voted 96% to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum, have endured a 13-year blockade and daily frontier restrictions affecting around 15,000 commuters.
- Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told the BBC the arrangement introduces 'complete and utter fluidity of people and goods,' while the territory of around 40,000 inhabitants currently experiences long queues during rush hours.
- Goods sold in Gibraltar must now comply with EU regulations, and a new transaction tax starts at 15% this year, though Managing director John Isola called the arrangement 'a good compromise.'
- Mayor Juan Franco of La Línea de la Concepción believes the solution will end the 'historic' border fence and boost business, noting a third of the town's company income comes from Gibraltar clients.
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Spain, the UK and the EU Today Sign the Historic Agreement that 'Throws Down' the Verja De Gibraltar
Six years after the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union and one year since the end of the negotiations on Gibraltar, Brussels and London will sign on Tuesday the agreement that will bring down 'the Verja' and normalize trade relations with the 'Peñón'. When the United Kingdom left the EU in 2020, the British reached an agreement to restore trade relations with the EU. That agreement did not cover the Rock, given the peculiari…
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The pact arrives ten years after Brexit and amid strong criticism from the PP for "renouncing" sovereignty
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