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.