The European Union, Spain, and the United Kingdom agreed in June on Gibraltar’s status after Brexit, the last remaining piece of the relationship following Britain’s withdrawal from the EU more than five years ago. This agreement puts an end to the Rock’s barriers and border controls for both people and goods.
According to Spanish news source, EFE, Spain and the United Kingdom expect Brussels to have the final text of the agreement ready by October, to be ratified in December.
This will certainly mean all physical barriers separating Spain from Gibraltar will go, making the transit of the 15,000 people who move daily between the two territories much easier.
The mayor of La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz), Juan Franco, has forecast that the Gibraltar fence could be demolished as early as January. He is, however, concerned about the impact that the removal of the border will have on the city’s urban development. The agreement, for example will allow domestic flights to Madrid via Gibraltar Airport, “but we don’t know,” Franco said, “how this will affect the land right next door, which is the current fairgrounds and where a technology centre is planned.”
Read the article, in Spanish, here.