Islas Malvinas: EU signs deal using Falklands’ Argentine name

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”.