Below follows a joint statement on the progress of the EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar:
European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo met in Brussels on Friday 12 April.
This year marks four years since the Instituto Cervantes opened its cultural centre in Gibraltar. Its winter programme of cultural events, which has just been released, will include lectures, films, tastings, book presentations and other activities.
The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia yesterday met with EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc and the Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu as part of a hectic schedule of meetings and media engagements in Brussels.
The plan to issue cross-border workers with a special pass that would allow them to use the red lane to “fast-track” their transit though the Gib-Spain frontier has been described as a total failure after it was revealed that only 100 workers have signed up. This would only represent a tiny fraction of the thousands of workers who cross over every day.