Did this meeting sign the appeasement between the two countries which have been tearing up for months over fishing, after Brexit?
This Sunday, after several episodes of tension and verbal escalation between Paris and London, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson met for a bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of the G20 in Rome, to try to settle the Franco-British dispute.
At its end, the French President and the British Prime Minister opted for "a de-escalation" in the "coming days", reported the Elysee.
Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson also called for "practical and operational measures to be taken as quickly as possible to avoid a rise in tension".
A point will also be made on Tuesday on the implementation or not of retaliatory measures by Paris.
As the expiration, on the evening of November 1, of the ultimatum sent by France to Great Britain to meet its post-Brexit commitments, by granting more fishing licenses to French boats, approaches, tensions have increased between the two states.
"When you spend years negotiating a treaty and a few months later you do the opposite of what was decided on the aspects that suit you the least, that is no great proof of your credibility." , had thus launched Emmanuel Macron to Boris Johnson.
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