Britain has failed to block a reference to Gibraltar as a “colony of the British Crown” in European Union visa legislation in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Sir Tim Barrow, Britain’s permanent representative to the EU, lodged an official protest today at the “completely inappropriate” language used to describe Gibraltar as Spain seeks wider European support for its claim to the territory. The Committee of Permanent Representatives, a key decision-making body of Brussels ambassadors, has agreed on a line in visa legislation that states: “Gibraltar is not part of the United Kingdom.”“Gibraltar is a colony of the British Crown,” the proposal said. “There is a controversy between Spain and the UK concerning the sovereignty over Gibraltar, a territory for which a solution has…

Source: The Times February 01, 2019 17:07 UTC