Brexit Summit Is Back on After Fight Over Gibraltar Defused
- May goes to Brussels to sign U.K.’s divorce deal with EU
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The Rock of Gibraltar stands behind La Linea de la Concepcion city.
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Theresa May is on course to get her Brexit deal signed off by European leaders on Sunday after she made a last-minute gesture to meet demands from Spain over the disputed territory of Gibraltar.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had threatened to boycott the summit, a milestone gathering to get the deal signed off after 17 months of negotiations. Sanchez wanted guarantees about how Gibraltar, a British territory off Spain’s southern coast, would be treated after Brexit.