By Chris Dyer For Mailonline
Published: 15:31 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 15:31 GMT, 20 February 2019
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Spain has threatened to block British citizens from having visa-free travel throughout the EU after Brexit as the row over Gibraltar resurfaced.
Legislation to give British travellers a visa-exemption was being discussed by the European parliament, after it was agreed in principle by negotiators on both sides.
If agreed the deal would mean that until 2021 there would be no need for a visa to visit an EU member state, even if the UK left the bloc without a deal.
But the plan could hit the rocks after Spain dredged up the issue of Gibraltar and insisted territory was described as a 'colony' in the agreement presented to the European parliament.
Last month Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sought to use the Brexit stand-off as an opportunity to open discussions over joint sovereignty of The Rock after Britain leaves the EU.
The Rock of Gibraltar has been used as a pawn in the Brexit negotiations over the last two years
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, threatened he would 'veto Brexit' over the issue of sovereignty of Gibraltar
