The final piece of the Brexit puzzle is starting to take shape several years after the UK left the European Union in 2020. This final piece, namely the bloc’s relationship with Gibraltar, is now being finalized following a meeting of the four parties. vice president of the European Commission, Maros Sefcovic, foreign ministers of Spain, José Manuel Albares, and Britain, David Cameron, as well as senior ministers Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo.

“General political lines have been agreed, including those related to airports, goods and mobility,” they said in a statement. joint statement, following this meeting in a hitherto unpublished format. These are some of the most difficult points in the agreement between the two countries European Union and it great Britain which neither Albares nor Picardo wanted to explain in more detail because, according to the Spanish minister, “negotiations are reaching a peak and we want to protect them.”

For the peak, aim Picard, “there is very little time left” although he avoided specifying an exact date. Of course, in their statements to the press, both emphasized the “positive” and “constructive” attitude of the meeting. Negotiations are expected to continue in the coming weeks.

The agreement, according to Picardo, will bring “a new dynamic and a new relationship” with Spain that can begin with fence demolition which separated the British territory from the rest of the Iberian Peninsula. “This agreement will have a positive impact on the entire population of Campo de Gibraltar, including the 300,000 Spaniards living there who will guide what we do at all times,” he defended. Albares. Although the Spanish Foreign Minister emphasized that “this perfectly safeguards our sovereign position.” In fact, the agreement negotiations have not yet considered the debate regarding who owns the land Coral.

The final edge

The text currently being worked on is “consistently based on the New Year’s Eve Agreement”, explained Picardo, referring to the first agreement concluded at the end of 2020 between the UK and the EU but which ultimately did not become a valid text. . In this way they try to reveal it a situation that has persisted for more than three years.

The removal of the fence will be one of the major changes Gibraltar will experience and will make it easier for residents to get around. 15,000 border workers cross it every day. Meanwhile, border control will be moved to Gibraltar port and airport. Besides that, The frontThe European body that controls the bloc’s borders will also be tasked with monitoring Gibraltarians, according to New Year’s Eve Agreement.

Gibraltar is one of the later territories of the United Kingdom Brexit The country is starting to have a land border with the European Union, as is the case with Northern Ireland. Britain leaves the European Union February 2020, but debate about what happened to its land borders continued over the next few years. He final agreement to regulate the situation in Northern Ireland closed about a year ago.