{"id":130490,"date":"2024-05-17T09:05:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eu-and-uk-getting-closer-to-clinching-post-brexit-border-and-transit-deal-for-gibraltar\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T09:05:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:05:09","slug":"eu-and-uk-getting-closer-to-clinching-post-brexit-border-and-transit-deal-for-gibraltar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/eu-and-uk-getting-closer-to-clinching-post-brexit-border-and-transit-deal-for-gibraltar\/","title":{"rendered":"EU and UK \u2018getting closer\u2019 to clinching post-Brexit border and transit deal for Gibraltar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130490\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nLengthy discussions in Brussels failed to yield an agreement following long-standing divisions over border checks and airport management. High-level political discussions aimed at closing a deal on post-Brexit border and transit arrangements for Gibraltar ended without an agreement in Brussels on Thursday. The self-governing British overseas territory ceased to be part of the EU with the UK\u2019s formal exit from the bloc in 2020, but it was excluded from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement that defined the post-Brexit EU-UK relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s meeting between Spanish Foreign Minister Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and European Commission Vice-President Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d was the second of its kind in a month.\u00a0Talks have recently intensified, with the EU hoping to strike an agreement that would tie up the last loose end of Brexit just in time for the European elections in June, the first since the UK\u2019s formal EU exit. \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d told reporters that Thursday&#8217;s discussions &#8220;took place in a constructive atmosphere&#8221; with &#8220;additional breakthroughs&#8221; in areas of a potential future agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s foreign office said in a statement that &#8220;all sides are reassured that the agreement is getting closer and will work closely and rapidly on outstanding areas towards an overall EU-UK agreement.&#8221; \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d also said technical teams would proceed to hammer out new proposals based on the ideas pitched in the meeting as soon as tomorrow. &#8220;Today&#8217;s meeting reaffirmed our shared commitment to bringing confidence, legal certainty and stability to the lives and livelihoods of the people of the campo de Gibraltar,&#8221; the European Commission Vice-President added.<\/p>\n<p>But \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d also acknowledged remaining sticking points in the negotiations, which he refrained from detailing. Gibraltar, also known as the Rock, is located on the southern tip of Spain and has historically been the subject of friction with the UK, which ardently defends its sovereignty over the territory. Madrid claims sovereignty over parts of Gibraltar and has called for the territory\u2019s \u201cdecolonisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These tensions were revived following the UK\u2019s decision to exit the European Union, a move once described by Gibraltar chief minister Picardo himself as an &#8220;existential threat&#8221; to the territory\u2019s economy, and which sparked fears of a hard border with customs and passport checks between Gibraltar and neighbouring Spain. A staggering 96% of Gibraltar\u2019s population voted against Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>Talks have stalled in recent years over disagreements between the UK and Spain on how to manage the Gibraltar-Spain border, and arrangements for Gibraltar\u2019s airport, which is used by the UK\u2019s Royal Air Forces (RAF) and for commercial flights. Spain has called for Spanish or EU border officials to be based at the airport. It also wants Schengen border checks to be conducted for airport arrivals in order to avoid checks on the Spain-Gibraltar border.<\/p>\n<p>But these proposals are considered to cross the UK&#8217;s red lines. Lord Cameron has faced mounting pressure from the House of Commons&#8217; European scrutiny committee, which recently accused him of \u201callowing the pendulum to swing too far in the direction of the EU\u201d meaning that Gibraltar would become a British overseas territory \u201cin name only.\u201d All parties say they will remain in close contact, with \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d saying he hoped for a deal as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/05\/16\/eu-and-uk-getting-closer-to-clinching-post-brexit-border-and-transit-deal-for-gibraltar\"> Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/eu-and-uk-getting-closer-to-clinching-post-brexit-border-and-transit-deal-for-gibraltar\/\">EU and UK &#8216;getting closer&#8217; to clinching post-Brexit border and transit deal for Gibraltar<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[274,14150,579,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-130490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-eu","tag-gibraltar","tag-uk","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}