London — British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Council president Donald Tusk agreed on Thursday to look for ways to ease tension as Britain leaves the EU, after a week in which a senior member of her party discussed the possibility of war with Spain over Gibraltar. After their first face-to-face talks since the prime minister triggered the formal Brexit process, both sides said they wanted to maintain good relations. Politicians and newspapers in Britain expressed outrage earlier in the week that the EU’s negotiating principles made a specific mention of Gibraltar, a British territory on the southern tip of Spain. When May met Tusk, she reiterated Britain’s position that Gibraltar’s sovereignty could not change without the consent of its people, according to her office. On Tusk’s side, an EU official said they had agreed that they could avoid issues escalating by staying in contact. "The prime minister reiterated the UK’s desire to ensure a deep and special partnership wi...
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