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TG welcomes agreement ‘in principle’, will review details 31st December 2020
Together Gibraltar has said it supports the in-principle Brexit agreement announced on Thursday “in principle”, but said that it will review this support when the details are disclosed in full.
The party said it is “relieved” that Gibraltar will not fall off the precipice of a hard Brexit at midnight, with almost certain chaos at the border and great uncertainty for its citizens and businesses.
However, TG said the terms expressed by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo were “deliberately vague”.
“The solemnity of the announcement points to the fact that the most substantial issues have already been agreed on, yet the detail has been kept from the people of Gibraltar at this stage for reasons unknown,” Together Gibraltar said in a statement.
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Spain, UK Agree 11th-hour Border Deal For Gibraltar By Hazel WARD
12/31/20 AT 12:57 PM
Gibraltar will become part of Europe s passport-free zone to keep movement fluid on its border with Spain in a landmark deal reached just hours before Britain leaves the EU custom s union and single market, Spain s top diplomat said Thursday.
Negotiators representing the governments in Madrid, London and Gibraltar have been working around the clock to ink a deal to avoid the creation of a new hard border between the tiny British territory and the European Union that would have caused huge disruption for travellers and businesses on both sides of the line.