Words of war over Gibraltar and a war of words in the European Parliament kicked off a rocky first week in Brexit talks.
Gibraltar
A reference to the British territory in the European Council’s draft Brexit guidelines last week infuriated the UK, with ex-Conservative party leader Michael Howard recalling how the UK had gone to war with Argentina in the 1980s over the Falklands islands (see EUROPE 11759).
Following a meeting in London between European Council president Donald Tusk and...