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This question needed to be clarified in 2020 regarding Brexit: What will happen to the British overseas territory, Gibraltar? The governments of London and Madrid reached a compromise a few hours before the deadline.
Spain and the United Kingdom have agreed on a solution for Gibraltar. The British enclave in the south of the Iberian Peninsula will also be subject to EU rules after Brexit, said Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya. This also includes belonging to the Schengen area. This will prevent the border between Spain and Gibraltar from becoming a waterproof external border of the EU from 1 January.
The agreement in principle reached between Madrid and London has yet to be agreed between the EU and London, said González Laya. The EU Commission would have to turn the agreement into a contract. She hopes that will happen within six months.
His British colleague Dominic Raab said the negotiators’ goal was smooth border traffic, which is in the interests of people on both sides.
ID cards are still enough
15,000 travelers from Spain cross the border every day. Until now they only have to show their identity card and pass.
However, in times without Corona, around seven million tourists are added each year. If they had to stamp a passport, the only transition would be overloaded and travelers could hardly get through.
It’s not part of the Christmas Eve deal
Gibraltar was not part of the Brexit deal reached between the UK and the EU on Christmas Eve. Since then, the governments of Madrid and London had negotiated how to deal with the British overseas border.
The consequence of Brexit is that Gibraltar is becoming more closely linked with Spain and the European Union. In the 2016 Brexit referendum, 96 percent of Gibraltar’s 33,000 residents voted to remain in the EU.
