Latest Brexit meetings between Gibraltar and the United Kingdom

THE second meeting of the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) on Brexit between the United Kingdom and Gibraltar Governments took place at the Cabinet Office buildings in Whitehall and it is reported that the meeting was constructive.

A number of issues were covered in relation to the impact of the planned departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union and following this, the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia met with UK Aviation Minister Lord Ahmad and Home Office Minister Robert Goodwill MP.

In the first meeting, the Deputy Chief Minister put across the view of the government in relation to existing and future aviation measures, especially as Spain is causing pan-European difficulties and in the second he was able to draw attention to frontier issues including the Schengen Border Code.