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G7 summit: Macron ties restart in London to compliance with Brexit rules

2021-06-13T17:35:49.766Z


At the G7 summit, France and Great Britain came closer. President Emmanuel Macron spoke of a fresh start - under certain conditions.


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Meeting of French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and their partners

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French President Emmanuel Macron wants the Franco-British relationship to be restarted.

Macron met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday morning during the G7 summit in Cornwall, southern England, as announced by the Elysée Palace.

Macron is ready for a "reset".

However, he had emphatically emphasized that the British must keep the word given to the Europeans and respect the framework of the Brexit treaty.

The relationship could only improve if Johnson kept his promises.

"The President has told Boris Johnson that there has to be a fresh start in the bilateral relationship," said the delegation.

A few weeks ago the fishing dispute between London and Paris escalated off the Channel Island of Jersey, which belongs to the British Crown but not to the United Kingdom.

It was about fishing licenses - but recently things had smoothed out a little.

There is also a disagreement between Great Britain and the European Union on Northern Ireland.

The agreement on this was reached in the course of the negotiations on the Brexit treaty and the long-term relationship between Great Britain and the EU.

It gives Northern Ireland, which is part of the Kingdom, a temporary special status, which provides, for example, tariff relief.

In return, controls are planned for some goods delivered from Great Britain at Northern Irish ports.

This is to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and the EU member Ireland.

The British government only partially implements these controls.

The tariff relief expires on July 11th.

In the conversation with Johnson, Macron had now also emphasized that France and Great Britain shared a common vision and common interests on important global issues.

There is also a common approach to issues such as arms control.

The summit in south-west England will focus on key issues relating to the corona pandemic, such as vaccination policy, for example patent protection for vaccines.

In addition, questions about the relationship between the countries and China are to be clarified, such as forced labor and strategies for China's economic policy.

Advice is also to be given on strategies of your own with which the economy should be stimulated again after the pandemic.

On Sunday it will be about climate change and species protection.

joe / dpa / Reuters

Source: spiegel

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