France to ask EU to mount legal action against UK over fishing row
As tensions between London and Paris over the fishing spat take to new heights every day, France intends to ask the EU to take legal action against the UK over fishing licenses.
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As tensions between London and Paris over the fishing spat take to new heights every day, France intends to ask the EU to take legal action against the UK over fishing licenses.
France threatens to push for legal action if there is no ‘sign of goodwill’ in granting its boat licenses to fish in British waters.
BRUSSELS, Dec 11 — An EU deadline for Britain to grant licences to dozens of French fishing boats appeared to expire yesterday without a final breakthrough in talks, despite France’s threat to seek European legal action. France says that 104 of its boats still lack licences to operate in...
Tensions are likely to run high as Downing Street says it does not recognise an EU deadline of 10 December.
French fishermen disrupt cross-Channel traffic in protest at the post-Brexit fishing rights granted by Britain.