The European Union has approved the visa waiver for the British once the Brexit is over

The European Parliament approved Thursday a proposal for ato the exemption of visas to the British after the Brexit, even if it does not come from an agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU), in full controversy over the status of "colony" granted to Gibraltar.

The measure went from the front with 502 votes in favor, 81 against and 29 abstentions, and will come into effect every time London adopts an equivalent measure for EU citizens, reported the agency. EFE.

The reform makes it possible for the British to visit the European borderless area (Schengen) for short stays (90 days over a maximum period of 180 days) in order to access them without a visa.

The initiative has been controversial since the Council (Member States) He included in his negotiating position a footnote in which Gibraltar was described as a "colony".

Given the risk that the departure of the United Kingdom from the Union takes place on April 12 without agreement and the legislation would not have been adopted, The British Labor Party Claude Moraes was set aside Monday as a negotiator for the European Parliament and replaced by the Bulgarian Socialist Sergei Stanishev.

Stanishev concluded on Tuesday the political agreement with the member states and the parliamentary committee on civil liberties approved the pact on Wednesday, and that on Thursday he supported the entire parliament.

For this to take effect, the reform of the visa exemption should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union before 12 April, in the case where a Brexit is given without agreement.

Meanwhile, the British parliament continues negotiate a possible extension request until May 22 to finalize the Brexit, before hoping to reach an agreement with Brussels that mitigates the effects of the withdrawal of the block and avoids a "hard Brexit".

UK residents have approved the exit of the EU country at a 2016 referendum. The "yes" to the proposal garnered 51.9% of the vote and motivated the call for activation of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

Since then the British government presumed by Prime Minister Theresa May, replacing David Cameron, is negotiating a new agreement to regulate relations between London and Brussels in commercial, migration and security matters, among other issues.

However, the British parliament has three times rejected the plan agreed in May and in Brussels, in particular for its postulates on the status of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland and the new regime of trafficking in persons and capital.

The date set for actually to finalize the Brexit was the 29th of March but an extension had to be requested for April 12, which they now seek to extend in the absence of agreement.