Tag: post-Brexit Gibraltar

• Sunday, February 3rd 2019 - 10:02 UTC

  Gibraltar's legal status is a matter of fact, not opinion

  

  In its proposal for post-Brexit, ‘visa-free travel’ the European Council on Friday has described Gibraltar as a “colony of the British Crown.” HM Government of Gibraltar is grateful to the Prime Minister for her comment that such a description is “completely unacceptable.”

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 06:59 UTC

  Spain demands “separate negotiations for Gibraltar” to agree on EU Brexit deal

  

  Spain has said it will not agree to the draft Brexit withdrawal deal without clarity over how talks on the future status of Gibraltar should be handled. Foreign minister Josep Borrell insisted that talks about the territory were “separate negotiations”.

• Monday, October 1st 2018 - 06:47 UTC

  Spanish conciliatory message to Gibraltar from Spanish PM at UN Assembly

  

  UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union can be one that creates “prosperity and benefits” for Gibraltar and the wider surrounding region, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the United Nations General Assembly.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 06:58 UTC

  MP Craig Mackinlay demands right for Gibraltar to elect an MP to Westminster

  

  Brexit must make us think anew and refresh Gibraltar’s relationship with the UK. It is time for the Rock to have a Member of Parliament, writes MP Craig Mackinlay (*) The Overseas Territory that now sits in a unique constitutional position post-Brexit is Gibraltar.

• Sunday, March 25th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Rajoy suggests future dialogue with Gibraltar

  

  Spain will not use the Brexit negotiations to pursue its sovereignty aspirations, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Thursday during a press conference in which he also appeared to signal his government’s readiness to engage in dialogue with Gibraltar.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 07:35 UTC

  UK/EU transition includes Gibraltar, but Spain retains veto power

  

  The UK and the European Union have agreed the terms of a transition deal that covers Gibraltar but also maintains Spain’s controversial veto, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle. Gibraltar is included within the territorial scope of a draft withdrawal agreement that also sets out arrangements to smooth the UK’s departure from the bloc after March 2019.

• Friday, November 24th 2017 - 09:21 UTC

  “Brexit is madness” says Gibraltar CM: instead of looking to the future it looks to the past

  

  Gibraltar’s presence in an increasingly interconnected world means it will not be isolated as a result of Brexit, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said on Spanish television, even as he described the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union as “madness”.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 01:14 UTC

  Spain will not condition a Brexit deal to Gibraltar, but remains firm in its sovereignty claim of the Rock

  

  Spain will not risk a Brexit deal by making Gibraltar’s sovereignty a condition in the talks, the country’s Foreign Minister said in an interview on Sunday. Speaking to the conservative newspaper ABC, Alfonso Dastis said Spain would not accept any agreement that undermined its position on Gibraltar, but would not use the Brexit talks to push its sovereignty aspirations over the Rock.

• Saturday, July 29th 2017 - 12:23 UTC

  Gibraltar reminds Madrid of close cross-border cooperation and the 7.800 Spaniards working in the Rock

  

  Gibraltar will continue to grow in a post-Brexit world and Spain should not create obstacles to cross-border cooperation that will generate jobs and wealth for the region, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told a seminar in the neighboring town of San Roque in Andalucía.