Spain Says EU Shouldn't Accept Brexit Text It Doesn't Endorse
Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the European Union should not accept a text on a Brexit agreement that Spain isn’t happy with as he demanded more clarity on how future talks on Gibraltar would be conducted.
Cars line up to cross into Gibraltar
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Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the European Union should not accept a text on a Brexit agreement that Spain isn’t happy with as he demanded more clarity on how future talks on Gibraltar would be conducted.
“The negotiation about Gibraltar is different and distinct from the negotiation with the U.K. because Gibraltar for us is not part of the U.K. -- it is a colonial territory,” he said in a news conference Monday in Brussels. He said he didn’t think it would be “politically acceptable” for the EU to agree to a text that Spain hadn’t given its blessing to.