Talks to avoid Spain-Gibraltar ‘hard border’ go down to wire EURACTIV.com with AFP File photo. Several bikers wait in a queue in front of Gibraltar's border at rush hour, in La Linea de la Concepcion, southern Spain, 20 March 2020, at a time of coronavirus lockdown in Spain. [EPA-EFE/A.Carrasco Ragel] Madrid and London were Tuesday (29 December) negotiating against the clock to preserve the free movement of people across the border between Spain and Gibraltar once the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December. Although Britain reached a last-minute exit deal with the European Union on Christmas Eve, it does not cover Gibraltar, a tiny British territory on Spain’s southern tip which is historically claimed by Madrid. If no agreement is reached, there are serious concerns that a “hard border” would cause disruption for the workers and businesses on both sides of what will be a new border between Britain and the European Uni...
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