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| EU agrees visa-free travel for UK citizens even after a no-deal Brexit | EU agrees visa-free travel for UK citizens even after a no-deal Brexit |
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| The EU has agreed to allow British citizens visa-free travel to member states, even in the event of the UK leaving the bloc without a deal. | The EU has agreed to allow British citizens visa-free travel to member states, even in the event of the UK leaving the bloc without a deal. |
| EU ambassadors in Brussels on Friday gave British citizens the green light to travel within the Schengen area for short days after Brexit without requiring a visa. | |
| The UK government has stated that they will not require EU citizens to obtain a visa to travel to Britain for short-term stays (90 days in any 180 days). EU rules dictate that visa exemption must be based on the condition of reciprocity. | |
| The decision will now be progressed up to the European Parliament to pass into legislation. Last month they backed proposals for visa-free travel even in the event of a no-deal Brexit. | |
| Theresa May’s Tory government has broadly welcomed the news, but have been riled by certain language contained within the EU proposals. A new regulation within the proposed new legislation refers to Gibraltar as "a colony of the British Crown." | |
| It sparked this response from a UK government spokesperson: "Gibraltar is not a colony and it is completely inappropriate to describe in this way. Gibraltar is a full part of the UK family and has a mature and modern constitutional relationship with the UK. | |
| "This will not change due to our exit from the EU. All parties should respect the people of Gibraltar's democratic wish to be British.” | |
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