--- title: Brexit: Gibraltar and Scotland in Talks to Stay in EU description: Gibraltar is in talks with Scotland over a plan to keep parts of the United Kingdom in the European Union. canonical: https://time.com/4383933/brexit-gibraltar-scotland-stay/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-27T16:27:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:50:32.612Z article:section: World og:title: Gibraltar and Scotland Are in Talks to Stay in EU, Gibraltar Chief Minister Says og:description: Both voted to remain in the E.U og:url: https://time.com/4383933/brexit-gibraltar-scotland-stay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa7a53c829d102d0/6988998fbc6cfc3c573dd8fe/gibraltar-scotland.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GIBRALTAR-SPAIN-EU-BREXIT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gibraltar and Scotland Are in Talks to Stay in EU, Gibraltar Chief Minister Says twitter:description: Both voted to remain in the E.U twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa7a53c829d102d0/6988998fbc6cfc3c573dd8fe/gibraltar-scotland.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gibraltar and Scotland Are in Talks to Stay in E.U., Gibraltar Chief Minister Says  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jun 27, 2016 4:27 PM CUT  Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo (C) gestures as he leaves after a meeting with members of the Government in Gibraltar on June 24, 2016. Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo (C) gestures as he leaves after a meeting with members of the Government in Gibraltar on June 24, 2016.Sergio Camacho—AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jun 27, 2016 4:27 PM CUT Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is [in talks with Scotland](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36639770 "undefined")‘s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon over a plan to keep parts of the United Kingdom in the European Union. Among the options being discussed, Picardo said one possibility is for Gibraltar and [Scotland](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36633244 "undefined"), which both voted to remain in the E.U., to maintain the U.K.’s membership of the bloc, BBC Newsnight reports. “I can imagine a situation where some parts of what is today the member state United Kingdom are stripped out and others remain,” Picardo told BBC, adding that Northern Ireland could also be included in the talks. “That means that we don’t have to apply again for access,” he said. “We simply remain with the access we have today, and those parts that leave are then given a different sort of access, which is negotiated but not necessarily under Article 50.” The U.K. last week [decided](http://time.com/4381313/brexit-vote-david-cameron-elites/?xid=homepage "undefined") to leave the E.U. in a narrow vote. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36639770 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4383933/brexit-gibraltar-scotland-stay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4383933/brexit-gibraltar-scotland-stay/"},"headline":"Gibraltar and Scotland Are in Talks to Stay in E.U., Gibraltar Chief Minister Says","datePublished":"2016-06-27T16:27:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:50:32.612Z","description":"Both voted to stay in the E.U","url":"https://time.com/4383933/brexit-gibraltar-scotland-stay/","keywords":["United Kingdom","Scotland topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa7a53c829d102d0/6988998fbc6cfc3c573dd8fe/gibraltar-scotland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa7a53c829d102d0/6988998fbc6cfc3c573dd8fe/gibraltar-scotland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GIBRALTAR-SPAIN-EU-BREXIT","caption":"Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo (C) gestures a she leaves after a meeting with members of the Government in Gibraltar on June 24, 2016.","creditText":"Sergio Camacho—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4383933/brexit-gibraltar-scotland-stay/","name":"Gibraltar and Scotland Are in Talks to Stay in E.U., Gibraltar Chief Minister Says"}}]}] ```