A senior Spanish diplomat shouted at his German counterpart as tensions over Brexit talks between European Union countries reached snapping point this week. Pablo García-Berdoy, the Spanish permanent representative to the EU, compared British sovereignty over Gibraltar to the Soviet Union’s creation of East Germany, according to diplomatic accounts. Yesterday Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish prime minister, further entrenched his country’s position when he said that having spoken to Theresa May, he would “veto Brexit” unless there were changes to the deal. “After my conversation with Theresa May, our positions remain far away,” he said. If there are no changes, we will veto Brexit.”Spanish anger is understood to have erupted during a meeting of EU ambassadors…

Source: The Times November 23, 2018 00:01 UTC