Brussels Warns UK Over Downgrading EU Ambassador Status
08:56 - 27 Ιανουαρίου 2021
The European Union called on the UK to grant full diplomatic rights to its first-ever ambassador to Britain, stressing the delay "is not a friendly signal". The government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has so far refused to afford the staff of the EU's Delegation to the UK, including ambassador Joao Vale de Almeida, the same privileges as those afforded to diplomats under the Vienna Convention.