Spain accuses UK of treachery over Gibraltar Brexit deal

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Madrid has insisted from the start of the Brexit negotiations that it would not tolerate the Rock, a disputed territory, benefiting from agreements made in the talks without Spain’s consent.

Women talk through a fence in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Spain’s secretary of state for the EU claims the UK has acted ‘under the cover of darkness’. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

The UK has been accused of introducing a clause into the withdrawal agreement that would ensure Gibraltar was covered by a future trade deal negotiated with Brussels.

Aguiriano said: “We’re worried because this paragraph, which was introduced almost treacherously and under the cover of darkness, could be used by the UK in the future to argue that a future agreement between the EU and the UK could be applied to Gibraltar without necessarily requiring the prior agreement of Spain.

“This government … has shown very clearly what its position is: it will not agree to the withdrawal deal and the future declaration on Sunday if the question I have already outlined in great detail is not clarified.”

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