UK Brexit minister due in Paris for talks on fishing row as France releases impounded trawler
The meeting comes a day after a French court released a British trawler impounded for a week.
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The meeting comes a day after a French court released a British trawler impounded for a week.
The Scottish-registered scallop dredger Cornelis Gert Jan left Le Havre yesterday evening after being held there since last week, when France accused it of fishing in its waters without a licence.
Britain’s Brexit minister was yesterday due in Paris for talks on a fishing rights crisis that has further strained already tense relations. The meeting comes a day after a French court released a British trawler impounded for a week as part of the deepening dispute. British Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe David Frost is to sit down with French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune to continue negotiations after several days of tense exchanges. Frost is a staunch defender of Brexit, while Beaune is a close ally of French President Emmanuel Macron, who is not shy of mak...
French authorities won’t release the Cornelis Gert Jan from the port of Le Havre unless its owners post a €150,000 bail
Jondy Ward and his crew on the Cornelis Gert Jan were arrested by French maritime police off the Normandy coast last week.