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Foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya boasted the Rock’s post-Brexit deal hands Madrid significant influence over the territory. She told the Spanish parliament the government would be able to prevent the “uncontrolled” development of international relationships between Gibraltar and its foreign partners. The UK has recently reached a deal with Madrid to secure the Rock’s post-Brexit future after the overseas territory was excluded from trade and security deal with the EU.
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Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said the move to not participate in the bloc’s Erasmus programme was to the detriment of British and European students. Boris Johnson refused to sign up to the scheme despite holding intensive talks about joining it during the wrangling over the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Insiders say the Prime Minister shunned rejoining Erasmus because it favours middle class children and does not represent his “levelling up” agenda.
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A senior diplomat suggested EU countries could reconsider the meat and cheese ban and bring an end to customs officials confiscating packed lunches from British truckers. Post-Brexit biosecurity rules prevent certain food products being brought into the EU without special authoritarian. But the insider said No 10 and Brussels would soon open talks to paper over cracks in the UK-EU trade deal “which doesn’t cover everything”.
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Joao Vale de Almeida, the bloc’s ambassador to London, said the EU is “not punishing” the City of London by withholding vital regulatory rulings that would allow UK bankers and fund managers to keep offering services in Europe. But his claim comes after warnings that resentful politicians and eurocrats are keen to crack down on Britons for their decision to leave the Brussels project. On the delay to grant a so-called “equivalence” decision, Mr Vale de Almeida said: “There is no punishment.