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Brexit: Paris ready for a "fight" for its fishermen against London

2021-10-28T16:21:10.431Z


France seized a British trawler and issued a verbal warning to a second, angering the UK. From our correspondent in London "It's not war, it's a fight." After the announcement of retaliatory measures to "defend the rights of French fishermen" against the British, the Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, defended herself from wanting to start general hostilities. But the "fight" hardened this Thursday with the diversion of a British fishing vessel. And Franco-British relations continu


From our correspondent in London

"It's not war, it's a fight."

After the announcement of retaliatory measures to

"defend the rights of French fishermen"

against the British, the Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, defended herself from wanting to start general hostilities.

But the

"fight"

hardened this Thursday with the diversion of a British fishing vessel.

And Franco-British relations continue to deteriorate.

See also

Fishing: Paris "open to discussions" if London "respects its commitments", declares Castex

After the seizure by France of a trawler and the verbal warning issued to a second, the government of Boris Johnson denounced an act

"disappointing and disproportionate"

.

The two ships, specialized in scallops, were checked by the French maritime gendarmerie in the Bay of Seine.

One of them, the

Cornelis Gert Jan

, was diverted to Le Havre.

According to Paris, it was not on the lists of licenses granted to the United Kingdom by the European Commission and France.

London says on the contrary that the boat was in order.

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Source: lefigaro

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