A conclusive political Agreement on the Negotiations for an EU-UK Treaty on Gibraltar. Joint Statement of 11 June 2025
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- Alejandro del Valle Gálvez (ES) Universidad de Cádiz
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Representatives of the EU, Spain, the UK, and Gibraltar issued a joint statement in June 2025 confirming an agreement on the treaty regarding Gibraltar, currently under negotiation. The background, scope, and consequences of the “Joint Statement on the Negotiations for an EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar,” of 11 June 2025, are analysed. It is unusual to announce a “conclusive political agreement” on the future treaty, the text of which is unknown because it is still being drafted at this stage of the EU-UK negotiations. In reality, the June agreement aims to resolve politically the symbolic, security, and defence issues that have been the main obstacles to the conclusion of the various strands of the negotiations. Regarding Gibraltar’s participation into the Schengen Area with the removal of the fence, an agreement was reached, among other things, on the presence of Spanish police at Gibraltar’s airport and port, as well as on the maintenance and autonomy of British military bases. The note also raises questions about democratic control in Spain of certain aspects of this EU treaty, which will establish an internationalised territory under the European flag, with prospects for stable cross-border cooperation and shared prosperity with the surrounding area of Campo de Gibraltar.
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