By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 15 Jan 2019 • 13:40
A DEAL has been struck which will allow British citizens in Spain and Spanish citizens in Britain to vote and stand in local elections after Brexit, Spain’s Foreign Minister said.
Josep Borrell said the pact covers the 240,000 British citizens registered as residents in Spain and the roughly 150,000 Spanish people in Britain.
Spanish government sources have also confirmed diplomats from Madrid and London are in the process of closing off the deal.
“Un #Brexit duro sería malo para todo el mundo. Si ocurriera, el Gobierno está preparado para hacerle frente. Hay una página web disponible desde hoy para que ciudadanos y empresas se preparen para este escenario”.#EPDesayunoBorrell pic.twitter.com/OTFWgrxLMy — Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) 14 January 2019
“Un #Brexit duro sería malo para todo el mundo. Si ocurriera, el Gobierno está preparado para hacerle frente. Hay una página web disponible desde hoy para que ciudadanos y empresas se preparen para este escenario”.#EPDesayunoBorrell pic.twitter.com/OTFWgrxLMy
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) 14 January 2019
“Aunque no haya acuerdo de retirada del #Brexit los acuerdos alcanzados por #España sobre #Gibraltar permanecerían en vigor”.#EPDesayunoBorrell pic.twitter.com/x1oH2jLMd2 — Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) 14 January 2019
“Aunque no haya acuerdo de retirada del #Brexit los acuerdos alcanzados por #España sobre #Gibraltar permanecerían en vigor”.#EPDesayunoBorrell pic.twitter.com/x1oH2jLMd2
Borrell said: “Bilateral agreements between Spain and Britain will guarantee that Spaniards who are living there and Britons here will maintain will their rights, even the right to vote in municipal elections.”
The deal aims to maintain current EU arrangements covering voting. It is similar to agreements Spain has with Norway, New Zealand and some Latin American countries.
British ambassador Simon Manley was set to formally announce the deal this week. It comes as Borrell said Madrid was making plans for Brexit, including a no-deal scenario which the Foreign Minister said would be a “catastrophe”.
Esta es la página web desde la que ciudadanos y empresas pueden informarse a partir de hoy de cómo les afecta el #Brexit. Os invito a visitarla: https://t.co/xZoV906OVV pic.twitter.com/b1svnTXUKD — Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) 14 January 2019
Esta es la página web desde la que ciudadanos y empresas pueden informarse a partir de hoy de cómo les afecta el #Brexit. Os invito a visitarla: https://t.co/xZoV906OVV pic.twitter.com/b1svnTXUKD
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