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The Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, warned the UK of the threat to Gibraltar's safety posed by Brexit. All three parties represented in the legislature supported remaining in the EU during the referendum [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and the Remain campaign was known as Gibraltar Stronger in Europe .
In addition, any time spent in Gibraltar could count towards the maximum of 90 days’ stay in 180 days, which the UK negotiated as part of the Brexit agreement.
The referendum result within Gibraltar was declared early on Friday 24 June 2016 by the counting officer and Clerk to the Gibraltar Parliament Paul Martinez at the University of Gibraltar at 00:40 CEST (23:40 BST) making it the first of the 382 voting areas to declare and its result was fed into the South West England regional count and then ...
Brexit, the withdrawal of UK from the EU in 2020, might affect the Gibraltar–Spain border. There is a plan to include Gibraltar in the Schengen Area, removing all border checks at the Gibraltar–Spain border, but strengthening the control at air travel from UK. See also Effect of Brexit on Gibraltar.
This was rebuffed by Gibraltar's Chief Minister, [28] and the UK government states it would only negotiate on Gibraltar's sovereignty with the consent of its people. [29] The European Council's guidelines for withdrawal negotiations stated that UK–EU agreements made after Brexit would not apply to Gibraltar without Spain's consent. [30]
Gibraltar left the EU concurrently with the United Kingdom. When part of the EU, it was one of the EU territories with opt-outs and had not been part of the Customs Union. An agreement in principle has been reached between the EU, the United Kingdom, and Gibraltar to negotiate a treaty which would include provisions for trade on goods between ...
The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, was a referendum that took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 to ask the electorate whether the country should continue to ...
The Gibraltar/Spain border in 2004 with the Rock of Gibraltar in the background As a result of Brexit , Gibraltar ceased to be part of the European Union on 31 January 2020, although for most purposes it was treated as part of it during the transition phase until 31 December 2020.