In particular, it stated: “Gibraltar is a colony of the British Crown. “Gibraltar is not a colony and it is completely inappropriate to describe in this way,” a British spokeswoman said. Recalling how EU policy on Gibraltar had so far largely favoured Britain, which joined the bloc before Spain, a senior EU official told Reuters recently: “Now the table has turned. “The Union position ... was the British position ... Spanish sources said this week that Madrid would insist on excluding Gibraltar from all agreements between Britain and the EU once Britain has left.

Source: bd News24 February 01, 2019 13:07 UTC