The sigh of relief travelled from the craggy ridges of the Rock to the thousands of cross-border workers scattered across southern Spain. In December 2020, hours before Gibraltar was facing the implementation of a hard border after Brexit, officials in Madrid and London said they had signed a draft agreement aimed at bringing Gibraltar into the Schengen area.
But more than two years on and with no final deal in sight, that sense of relief has ebbed away across Gibraltar’s 2.6 sq mile land mass. As Spain heads into a snap general electionon Sunday, uncertainty is again racking the Rock.
