The UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has warned France it has 48 hours to back down on threats made in the row over fishing licences or the UK will begin dispute talks set out in the Brexit deal.
French officials have said they will bar UK fishing boats from some ports and tighten customs checks on lorries entering the country unless more licences are granted for their small boats to fish in Britain’s waters.
Almost 1,700 EU vessels have been licensed to fish in UK waters, equating to 98% of EU applications for fishing licences, the UK government says, but this figure is disputed in Paris.
Truss suggested the French president, Emmanuel Macron, may be making “unreasonable threats” because he has a difficult election looming. » | Jamie Grierson | Monday, November 1, 2021
London stellt Paris Ultimatum im Fischereistreit: Ein Vermittlungsgespräch am Rande des G-20-Gipfels in Rom brachte keine Wende im Fischereistreit: Jetzt verlangt Großbritannien eine Lösung innerhalb der nächsten 48 Stunden. »
