[CNN] There’s a tiny piece of Britain in the Mediterranean. And its border h

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📌 标题:There’s a tiny piece of Britain in the Mediterranean. And its border has just vanished

📅 发布时间:Updated Jul 15, 2026, 11:08 AM ET

📝 英文原文:
AP—Thousands of people who travel every day between the southern tip of Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar will no longer have to cross a physical border, beginning on Wednesday.The official opening at midnight on Tuesday, after a border fence was removed, allows a new freedom of movement under a historic treaty between the European Union and the United Kingdom.It came after years of post-Brexit wrangling.The contested British overseas territory of 38,000 people is perched at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, in a strategic location mere miles from Morocco where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Mediterranean Sea.Soon after midnight, crowds crossed freely between La Línea de Concepción in Spain and Gibraltar in both directions.Many wore Spanish soccer jerseys after Spain’s victory against France in the World Cup semifinal on Tuesday, adding to the celebratory mood.“What you feel here is the brotherhood between the two people,” Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told Spanish broadcaster RTVE.People celebrate after crossing the border into Gibraltar under the new border agreement early Wednesday morning.Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty ImagesA deal that took years to realizeWhen Britain left the EU in 2020, the relationship between Gibraltar and the bloc had been left unresolved.Previous talks on a deal to ensure people and goods could keep flowing across the border had made halting progress.In 2025, the EU and the UK announced an agreement on those issues, with the two sides and Gibraltar’s government signing a treaty Tuesday that eases border crossings.The UK Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said Tuesday that the agreement secured Gibraltar’s long-term economic future and interests.Maroš Šefčovič, the EU’s trade representative, praised the agreement, too.“It has taken four years of patient, complex negotiation, but the outcome speaks for itself,” Šefčovič said. “It is a very special feeling to see a fence come down.”Related articleSpanish a

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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
美联社——从周三开始,每天往返于西班牙南端和英国领土直布罗陀之间的数千人将不再需要跨越实际边界。边境围栏拆除后,周二午夜正式开放,根据欧盟和英国之间的一项历史性条约,允许新的行动自由。这是在脱欧后多年的争吵之后实现的。有 38,000 人的有争议的英国海外领土位于南部



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