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Fishing: truce in the "fish war" between Paris and London

2021-11-02T17:39:02.137Z


France and Great Britain are giving themselves "until Thursday at least" to settle their dispute over the fishing licenses granted to Europeans in British waters after Brexit.


From our correspondent in London

In the "fish war"

,

a truce was declared on both sides of the Channel.

As ultimatums flew on both sides and retaliatory measures should have gone into effect on Tuesday, the French and British have given themselves a little time.

Discussions,

"until Thursday at least

"

, in

order to try to reach an agreement.

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Is it the effect of the climate, which makes it necessary to stick together at COP26? Both parties have relieved their words of their martial incantations. From Monday evening, in order to

"give a chance"

to the discussions, France postponed the implementation of its measures.

"It is not while we are negotiating that we will impose sanctions,"

said Emmanuel Macron, on the eve of the ultimatum initially set by Paris. This involved the ban on British trawlers from unloading their cargo in French ports and the strengthening of customs controls on trucks disembarking from the island.

The British government welcomed this postponement and the Prime Minister's spokesman wished

"if possible consensual solutions".

However, the threat of cross-sanctions continues to loom.

In response to French measures, London will be able to launch a legal appeal provided for in the framework of the post-Brexit trade agreement, in order to request

"compensatory measures".

And threatens to tighten controls on European fishing boats.

North Ireland

London claims to have granted 98% of EU vessel license applications to fish in its waters, a figure disputed by France, which speaks of 90%.

The dispute relates to small tonnage vessels called upon to fish in the 6 to 12 mile zone off the British coast or in the waters of Jersey and Guernsey.

French fishermen must be able to prove that they worked there before, between 2012 and 2016.

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But the French and the British argue over the nature and number of supporting documents to provide. Sign of the still tense atmosphere, the

Telegraph

on

Tuesday accused French fishermen of

"lying"

about this fishing priority, the British authorities having used satellite data to confuse their false claims ...

British Brexit Minister David Frost and French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune are due to meet in Paris on Thursday.

London specified that it was a question of

"solving all the difficulties of the relation between the United Kingdom and the EU".

Behind the dispute over fishing looms the more complicated conflict in Northern Ireland, London wanting to rewrite the protocol signed with the Brexit agreement.

On this subject, Boris Johnson knows that he will not have in front of him that France.

Source: lefigaro

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