“His previous knowledge and expertise will be vital as our friendly cooperation with the EU continues.”
Croisdale-Appleby said he was “delighted” to take up the role “following the agreement of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement at the end of last year”.
The role was created last year, after the UK left the EU on 31 January.
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On December 31, just a few hours before Britain definitively exited the European Union, Spain and the United Kingdom, along with Gibraltarian representatives included in the British delegation, reached a preliminary agreement that will change relations between the British Overseas Territory and Spain more significantly than any other event of the past 300 years.
Gibraltar, which sits at the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, was ceded to Britain in 1713 during the War of Spanish Succession, although disputes over sovereignty and jurisdiction issues remain to this day. In the Brexit referendum of 2016, Gibraltarians overwhelmingly voted to remain in the EU.
Eliminating the physical barriers between Spain and Gibraltar will require reinforcing harmonization
Today marks the beginning of the end of UK’s membership in the EU, a solid victory after a long,
well-fought battle by populist-minded citizens desiring to restore self-rule to their nation. Divorces can be messy, and time will tell who wins custody of the UK “children” including the nation’s agricultural programs and national immigration policy and how the separation will impact the UK’s involvement in the European army.
By Mark Anderson
The inspiring populist surge that’s tugging at the seams of the New World Order has reached an historic turning point. On March 29 nine months after the June 23 “Brexit” referendum vote by a respectable majority of Brits to exit the European Union the British government stated it would honor the will of the voters and is starting the formal process of filing for divorce from the EU.
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