Gibraltar, an English thorn in the Iberian Peninsula

From our special envoys Jean-Louis Tremblais and Olivier Coret

"Everything has to change so that nothing changes."

The 35,000 inhabitants of Gibraltar can only subscribe to the famous

formula

. With Brexit, 96% rejected here in the 2016 referendum, they thought they would lose their special status, their advantages and their privileges: absence of VAT, minimum taxation and attractive taxation. Not to mention the Spanish workforce that crosses the border daily to come and work at home. Or 15,000 people per day. Cold sweats and panic on the rock, where people wanted to stay both in the UK and in the EU. A double allegiance that did not go without saying at the start. Finally, after four years of diplomatic negotiations between the Spaniards and the British, a framework agreement (which must be confirmed and refined by Brussels) provides for the enclave to join the Schengen area while remaining Territory of Sa

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