Gibraltar Dodges Hard Brexit After Spain, U.K. Reach Accord
- Last-minute deal reached to avoid disarray at enclave’s border
- Spain hopes final agreement will come into force in six months
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Spain and the U.K. struck a last-minute deal over Gibraltar that eases access to the territory and removes the threat of fresh restrictions at the border with the European Union once Britain leaves the bloc on Jan. 1.
A preliminary agreement was reached that would help build “shared prosperity,” Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told reporters on Thursday.