EU ambassadors approve Gib treaty negotiating mandate, talks ‘could start this month’

A key aim of the treaty will be to guarantee frontier fluidity. Photo by Johnny Bugeja

1st October 2021

European Union ambassadors on Friday approved a negotiating mandate for talks with the UK on treaty for Gibraltar’s future relations with the bloc, which could start as early as this month. The mandate was approved at a meeting of Coreper II, the EU committee of member states’ permanent representatives that deals with foreign, economic, general,...