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		</div><p>Downing Street has clashed with Brussels over its description of Gibraltar as a “colony”.</p>
<p>A European Council document setting out plans for visa-free travel for Britons after Brexit notes the “controversy between Spain and the UK” over the sovereignty of the territory.</p>
<p>But the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: <em>“It is completely unacceptable to describe Gibraltar in this way.</em></p>
<p><em>“Gibraltar is a full part of the UK family. This will not change due to our exit from the EU.”</em></p>
<p>Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo accused Madrid of trying to “bully” the British Overseas Territory by demanding the contentious description in the draft document.</p>
<p>The Gibraltarian government said <em>“the use of such language, were it to materialize in the final documents, does not assist the creation of a climate of understanding and trust between Gibraltar and Spain as we prepare to leave the EU”</em>.</p>
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<p>The row was triggered by a footnote on the draft European Council document which states: <em>“Gibraltar is a colony of the British Crown.</em></p>
<p><em>“There is a controversy between Spain and the United Kingdom concerning the sovereignty over Gibraltar, a territory for which a solution has to be reached in light of the relevant resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Picardo said: <em>“No one will be surprised to hear the Spanish government making provocative statements in respect of Gibraltar.</em></p>
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<div><em>“The 32,000 people of Gibraltar are used to the constant attempts by successive Spanish governments to bully us in every possible way.</em></div>
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<p><em>“This is no different to the sort of abuse we have had from former Spanish administrations.”</em></p>
<p>A row with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over Gibraltar almost derailed efforts to agree the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement between Theresa May and the EU in November.</p>
<p>The diplomatic spat which threatened to derail the Brexit process was resolved after a clarification about the legal position and emergency talks involving Mr Sanchez, European Council president Donald Tusk and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.</p>
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