Fabian Picardo

Rule Changes

As of July 2026: Defending the treaty against critics at home and in the UK

At midnight, workers who had queued for years at a passport checkpoint walked between Spain and Gibraltar without showing a document. The fence that marked the frontier since 1909 is gone. A treaty between the European Union and the United Kingdom took effect, folding the British territory into Europe's passport-free Schengen zone.

Updated Jul 15