+UPDATE+
For the first time in 300 years...
....border guards INSIDE Gibraltar will include those from non British countries including Spain as part of EU-UK deal on Gibraltar.
For the first time in 300 years...
....border guards INSIDE Gibraltar will include those from non British countries including Spain as part of EU-UK deal on Gibraltar.
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Confirmation also that the road linking Gibtaltar & Spain will now be widened to allow people and cars to travel freely.
Arrivals from UK will - either from air or sea - will now face checks from the EU FRONTEX Schengen border system..
Confirmation also that the road linking Gibtaltar & Spain will now be widened to allow people and cars to travel freely.
Arrivals from UK will - either from air or sea - will now face checks from the EU FRONTEX Schengen border system..
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Gibraltar will become part of EU's passport-free travel area - the Schengen zone - though there is a different use of language from both sides on being "part of" or "connected to" Schengen.
This is because as Gibraltar can't join officially as its not an independent country.
Gibraltar will become part of EU's passport-free travel area - the Schengen zone - though there is a different use of language from both sides on being "part of" or "connected to" Schengen.
This is because as Gibraltar can't join officially as its not an independent country.
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The EU-UK deal on Gibraltar now emerging is effectively a form of "shared sovereignty" between EU & UK..
..altho as Gibraltar is largely a self-governing territory effectively inside the EU its hard to see UK's sovereignty over 🇬🇮as little more than formal or ceremonial now.
The EU-UK deal on Gibraltar now emerging is effectively a form of "shared sovereignty" between EU & UK..
..altho as Gibraltar is largely a self-governing territory effectively inside the EU its hard to see UK's sovereignty over 🇬🇮as little more than formal or ceremonial now.
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