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Faisal Islam @faisalislam
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez @sanchezcastejon today at Spain Summit in Madrid

“if there are no changes regarding Gibraltar, Spain will vote No to the agreement on Brexit”.
For Spanish speakers - here is the full clip. He says he can’t accept that in future any discussion of Gibraltar status with EU won’t be settled bilaterally between UK and Spain, won’t accept current wording on Sunday
Although it’s worth noting that he runs a minority Government that may struggle to pass a Budget (!) and was under pressure from Opposition for having conceded too much in bilateral negotiations with UK over Gibraltar / airport
As our @Stone_SkyNews points out though - Sunday vote would be under QMV at EU27 level - meaning only by getting France, Italy, say Greece on side could Spain block it - a good opportunity to deploy the EU Council QMV Voting Calculator app: itunes.apple.com/gb/app/council…
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