Islas Malvinas: EU Signs Deal Using Falklands’ Argentine Name

THE GUARDIAN: UK asks bloc to clarify position after Buenos Aires declare ‘triumph’ over use of term in declaration

The Falkland Islands. An EU official reportedly told the FT: ‘[The UK is] upset by the word Malvinas. If they were in the EU perhaps they would have pushed back against it.’ Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/PA
Forty-one years after the Falklands war, the UK has suffered a diplomatic defeat over the archipelago as the EU appeared to endorse the Argentine name for the disputed territory, Islas Malvinas.

Brussels supported an Argentina-backed declaration referring to Islas Malvinas at a summit of EU leaders with Latin America and the Caribbean (Celac) leaders on Tuesday, which Buenos Aires called a “diplomatic triumph”.

On Wednesday, British diplomats requested that the European Council president, Charles Michel, “clarify” the bloc’s position. » | Nadeem Badshah | Thursday, July 20, 2023

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