Spain celebrates fall of 'Europe's last wall'... but Britons face tougher checks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : British citizens will now have their fingerprints and passports checked when flying into Gibraltar under the new post-Brexit border controls.
57% : The simple ceremony took place a few hours after representatives of the UK and the EU signed a treaty in Brussels to resolve the relationship of Gibraltar with the EU and its neighbour Spain, which was complicated by Brexit.
53% : While Spaniards and others from Europe's Schengen area can roam freely into the Rock, other countries such as the UK have to contend with the EU Entry-Exit System's biometric checks, raising fears over sovereignty and queues.
51% : " Maros Sefcovic, the EU Brexit negotiator, hailed the deal as "historic" after signing it in Brussels on Tuesday with Stephen Doughty, a minister of state for Europe.
46% : " Also present at the signing in Brussels, José Manuel Albares, the Spanish foreign minister, said the deal was "the last piece of the Brexit puzzle" and "opens a new era for Gibraltar and the [Spanish] Campo de Gibraltar, one of enormous possibilities". While Spain agreed to park its historical claim of ownership of the Rock in negotiating the agreement, Mr Albares stressed that Madrid was not "changing a single comma" in its claim of sovereignty over Gibraltar.
33% : The UK leaving the EU meant that a hard border should have been put in place between Spain and the British territory, dealing a blow to Gibraltar's economy by impeding visitors and the more than 15,000 workers who cross over from the Spanish side each day.

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