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Date Published: 14/12/2022

ARCHIVED - Gibraltar transition treaty extended until Dec 2024

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The lack of a post-Brexit agreement between Spain and the UK has forced the government to extend the current measures

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Gibraltar transition treaty extended until Dec 2024

After the tenth round of negotiations on Tuesday December 13 failed to result in consensus, the current treaty governing Gibraltar since Brexit has been extended until the end of December 2024. Even though the Spanish and UK governments have repeatedly expressed their commitment to reaching an agreement, and Brussels has tried to push the talks forward, no resolution has been reached on the regulations surrounding the Rock.

As a result, the Council of Ministers has agreed to extend the current royal decree, since scrapping it without an alternative in place could “prejudice Spanish citizens and citizens of other Member States residing in Spain”.

The main benefit is that EU citizens who are resident in Spain but commute to Gibraltar daily and are not within the scope of the Withdrawal Agreement may continue to access unemployment benefits for the time being.

Of course, talks on the future of Gibraltar will continue in the meantime and the current deal will end if, “prior to the end date of its validity, an EU agreement with the United Kingdom or a bilateral agreement between Spain and the United Kingdom enters into force”.

Brussels and London have been negotiating for two years the new agreement that governs relations between the Twenty-seven and the Rock, ever since the original temporary free trade treaty was signed post-Brexit.

Little progress has been made during this time though, with Spain and Britain refusing to compromise on their control of the border. While both nations agree that a hard border should be avoided, London has baulked at the idea that Madrid solely manages access to the Schengen area from the Rock.

The lack of clarity on movement between Gibraltar and Spain led to fresh chaos this week, as dozens of London-bound passengers diverted to Malaga were refused entry to the mainland as they didn’t have EU passports.

Image: Pixabay

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