Brexit: EU redefines Gibraltar as a "colony"

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He gave London a bad glbad in some aspects of his political pretensions.

Among these, his position against Gibraltar, the territory in conflict with Spain, which was for the first time cataloged by the European Parliament as "colony of the British crown".

The new terminology, more in line with the Spanish diplomatic claim, has been incorporated into a document that exempts citizens from visas if Brexit occurs without agreement.

London rejected this definition of Gibraltar. A few weeks ago, Theresa May herself defined the term "complete British territory" during a session of Parliament, during which she attempted to obtain the elusive support of her exit plan. of the European Union (EU).

"It is obvious that the 27 have to stand alongside club members and not leavers," said Camino Mortera Martinez of the Center for European Reform.

"It's something of tremendous political and symbolic significance," said State Secretary Luis Marco Aguiriano of the European Union. "The citizens of Gibraltar will see more and more naturally that their future pbades more through Spain than through Britain," he said.

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Until now, the EU has spoken of the famous rock as a territory "in which there is a dispute between Spain and the UK regarding sovereignty".

Now he continues to clearly define it as a British "colony" on European territory.

This involves one more step towards the argument that defends Spain, which claims the sovereignty of the small territory, with 32,000 inhabitants, which has ceded to Britain for over two centuries, as a part of the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713.