Gibraltar risks derailing Brexit deal

Spain threatens to veto a draft Brexit agreement between the UK and EU over concerns about the future status of Gibraltar

Article 184 of draft Brexit deal says EU and UK will seek to “negotiate rapidly the agreements governing their future relationship” between March 29, 2019 and end of transition period in December 2020 Spain wants written guarantees that Gibraltar will not automatically be covered by any future UK-EU free trade agreement, and that its inclusion would depend on bilateral talks between London and Madrid