Important high -level meeting between Spain, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar to address the relationship between the British colony and the European Union after the “Brexit”. A meeting that has paid off because they have finally reached an agreement on the status of Gibraltar, the last point that was missing for more than five years after the British departure from the community block.
This agreement will allow to suppress the gate between Spain and the rock, Because as Albares assures, For this free circulation of goods and citizens that will be from now It is important that “There is no physical barrier.” A barrier that cross 15,000 people a day.
“The agreement in relation to Gibraltar is already a reality. A historical agreement that marks a before and after in the relationship between Spain and the United Kingdom”announced the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, in his social networks. Negotiations have resulted in “a definitive political agreement on the fundamental aspects of the future in relation to Gibraltar.” “This agreement provides stability and security” Albares affirmed.
The agreement on relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom in relation to Gibraltar “Safeguarda the respective legal positions of Spain and the United Kingdom in matters of sovereignty and jurisdiction”the parties said in a joint statement.
For its part, the British Foreign Ministry assured that the agreement reached with the European Union and Spain on the future status of Gibraltar “will protect British sovereignty, the military autonomy of the United Kingdom and the economic future” of the Peñón.
The Foreign Ministers of Spain participated in the meeting, José Manuel Albareshis counterpart from the United Kingdom, David Lammythe main minister of Gibraltar, Fabián Picardoand the executive vice president of the CE, Maros Sefcovic.
Context:
Since in June 2016 Great Britain voted in favor of Brexit and materialized effective divorce in January 2020Gibraltar was in a political and legal limbo. The “New Year’s Eve agreement”, reached between Spain and the United Kingdom, proposed its de facto adhesion to the Schengen space, the elimination of the border fence and the transfer of the controls to the port and airport, initially managed by Frontex.
However, during the following four years, Differences on how to apply these changes have hindered the final agreement. Hence, today’s round has had a decisive character and have agreed the “final parameters”, as Fabian Picardo explained after the meeting.
