Raab Attacks EU Plan for Gibraltar Over Sovereignty Concerns
- U.K. sees no basis for talks with bloc on future of territory
- EU tried to start negotiations on post-Brexit Gibraltar deal
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British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab lashed out at the European Union’s plan for a post-Brexit deal for Gibraltar, accusing the bloc of trying to undermine the U.K.’s “sovereignty” over the territory.
Raab said the EU’s draft negotiating mandate was no basis for talks over a long-term solution for the small stretch of land adjoining Spain’s southern tip. The EU’s proposal “directly conflicts” with a temporary agreement struck last year, he said.