Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell has threatened that his country could torpedo Britain’s agreement for withdrawing from the European Union because it still fails to mention that Madrid would have the right to independently discuss the future of Gibraltar with London after Brexit.
“The negotiations between Britain and the EU have a territorial scope that does not include Gibraltar, the negotiations on the future of Gibraltar are separate discussions,” said Borrell on Monday.
The top Spanish diplomat said that unless a Brexit deal between London and Brussels made it clear that Gibraltar’s future would be up for discussion outside the EU’s jurisdiction after Brexit, Spain would not support the agreement.
“This is what needs to (be) made clear, and until it is clarified in the withdrawal agreement and in the political declaration on the future relationship, we cannot give our backing (to the deal),” said Borrell as he was in…