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Gibraltar, Spain abolish passport controls

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Gibraltar and La Línea leaders removed the century-old Verja at the Spain–Gibraltar border at midnight on 15 July 2026, ending passport controls after a provisional EU–UK treaty.

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A new treaty signed by Britain and the EU includes the removal of border checks between Spain and Gibraltar. 
Gibraltar border controls lifted: Is it part of Schengen, the UK – or both?
A new treaty signed by Britain and the EU includes the removal of border checks between Spain and Gibraltar. 
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July 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM

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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez celebrating the UK–EU Gibraltar treaty.

This now puts Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory under British sovereignty, in the Schengen area for the free movement of people.

It also has a Customs Union with the European Union.
July 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM

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Hoy, el rapero Pablo Hasel cumple 5 años y 5 meses en prisión. No le aplican la Ley de Amnistía y estará en prisión hasta 2027. Mientras, el ladrón de Juan Carlos I sigue con toda la fortuna robada residiendo fiscalmente en Abu Dhabi. La "democracia" en España. No lo olvidemos.
July 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM

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Gibraltar ushers in new era as British territory's border fence with Spain removed
Gibraltar ushers in new era as British territory's border fence with Spain removed
Spain and Gibraltar are celebrating the removal of a border checkpoint following a historic treaty between the EU and the UK.
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July 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Fin a la Verja entre España y Gibraltar

Esta medianoche, el ministro principal de Gibraltar, Fabián Picardo, y el alcalde de La Línea de la Concepción, Juan Franco, han escenificado el fin de la Verja que durante un siglo ha separado el Peñón. Los dirigentes han atravesado la valla cada uno al otro lado de la frontera. Así, se han convertido en los primeros ciudadanos que lo han hecho sin necesidad de presentar sus respectivos pasaportes. Una banda musical ha interpretado el Himno de la Alegría en este primer cruce. Un hecho histórico que se ha vivido bajo una enorme expectación de los lugareños y con la resaca emocional de la clasificación de la selección española para la final del Mundial. Picardo ha destacado, apenas minutos después del evento, que «hemos luchado muchísimo por esto» y ha valorado los esfuerzos por parte de Londres y de Gibraltar por «tener una relación nueva y diferente con España». «Aquí hoy han imperado las personas, ha imperado que los pueblos tengan la oportunidad de estar juntos y la verdad es que

Fin a la Verja entre España y Gibraltar
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The last barrier of continental Europe disappears: Gibraltar's border fence falls after five years of negotiations

Between car horns and the sound of vuvuzelas, the football chant oeee-oeee-oeee ran in the soundtrack of the early hours as Beethoven's Ninth, the European Union anthem, had just been played, before the government delegation. The EU and the United Kingdom sign the final agreement that toppled the Gibraltar border fence. The barrier fell exactly at 0:00 on July 15, 2026 after five years of intense negotiations, which the European Union had given the green light to precisely in July 2021, to seek a soft Brexit at the Gibraltar border. The parade of foreign ministers and prime ministers in the United Kingdom has not prevented reaching an agreement, whose provisional ratification occurred hours earlier in Brussels, which will allow free movement of people and goods between La Línea and Gibraltar, which will be brought into the benefits and responsibilities of Schengen, without joining Schengen. Beyond the political agreement, the moment was

The last barrier of continental Europe disappears: Gibraltar's border fence falls after five years of negotiations
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Reconozco que no me esperaba que España pudiera anular de manera tan contundente a Francia. Ha sido magistral. Un control del espacio y los tiempos apabullante.
July 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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