{"id":644090,"date":"2025-12-20T11:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/644090\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:01:28","slug":"uk-and-spain-seal-historic-post-brexit-deal-on-gibraltar-after-years-of-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/644090\/","title":{"rendered":"UK and Spain seal historic post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar after years of talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE post-Brexit treaty on Gibraltar between Spain and the UK is now complete after years of wrangling, EU authorities have confirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The agreement was approved by Spanish officials and the Gibraltar government on December 12, according to EU sources \u2013 marking a breakthrough in the Rock\u2019s relationship with Europe nine years after the Brexit referendum.<\/p>\n

Currently under review in both London and Brussels, the treaty will require formal legal approval from both sides before the signing process can begin.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> A tunnel between continents under the Strait of Gibraltar IS possible: Route, depth, cost and timeline \u2013 this is how it will work<\/a><\/p>\n

After negotiators first reached a political agreement in June 2025, teams worked round-the-clock to translate the deal into a legally binding text \u2013 with the final draft completed last week.<\/p>\n

In the 2016 Brexit referendum, Gibraltar voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU \u2013 but was nonetheless included in the UK\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n

The agreement now promises to clarify Gibraltar\u2019s post-Brexit position, reshaping cross-border life at one of Europe\u2019s most sensitive frontiers.<\/p>\n

A key aim of the treaty is to remove the hard barrier at La Linea de la Concepcion, allowing people and goods to move more freely across the border.<\/p>\n

The draft agreement has not yet been made available to the public, but officials confirmed it will undergo full parliamentary review in Gibraltar, Spain, and the UK before ratification.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Confused about doing business between Spain and Gibraltar? New chat robot is here to answer your questions<\/a><\/p>\n

Until the treaty comes into force, Spanish authorities will continue to manage the land crossing.<\/p>\n

Once operational, however, passport and entry checks will be jointly handled at Gibraltar\u2019s port and airport by both Spanish and Gibraltar officials.<\/p>\n

The legal text is expected to be published soon, and will require approval from both the UK and EU parliaments afterwards.<\/p>\n

Gibraltar\u2019s legislature will also formally request Westminster to proceed, triggering a period of parliamentary scrutiny.<\/p>\n

The Rock\u2019s government has welcomed the completion of the treaty, noting that it will now undergo technical checks, legal review, and translation into all EU languages.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> The McGrail Report \u2013 Gibraltar is small and needs its best people regardless of affiliations, writes F Oliva<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to read more Gibraltar News<\/a> from The Olive Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE post-Brexit treaty on Gibraltar between Spain and the UK is now complete after years of wrangling, EU…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[6180,802,748,19289,2000,299,5187,1699,14093,4884,18104,8626,25078,18106,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-644090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-border","9":"tag-brexit","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-deal","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-european-union","16":"tag-gibraltar","17":"tag-great-britain","18":"tag-news-spain","19":"tag-newspaper","20":"tag-schengen","21":"tag-the-olive-press","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115751556740023418","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}