Brexit French fishermen threaten UK: "They won't have much at Christmas"
Conflict France gets tough: "The British only understand the language of force", and London summons the French ambassador
British Environment Minister
George Eustice
warned France on Friday that the United Kingdom may
retaliate
if Paris continues to threaten the fishing conflict between the two countries.
France has warned that it can apply sanctions against the United Kingdom from next day 2 if it does not reach an agreement for London to grant it the fishing licenses to which it considers it is entitled under the Brexit agreement.
Faced with these threats and the arrest yesterday of
a British fishing vessel in French waters
, Eustice told Sky News on Friday that "two can play this game," in reference to retaliation.
The minister added that the head of Foreign Affairs, Liz Truss, who has summoned the French ambassador in London, Catherine Colonna for today, will try to inquire about the next steps of the French authorities in the fishing conflict.
"We do not know what they will do, they have said that they would not introduce these measures until Tuesday, probably at the earliest, so we will see what they do," added the British minister.
"But if they put it into practice, well, two can play this game and we reserve the ability to respond in a proportionate way," Eustice cautioned.
He also reported that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may address this conflict with French President Emmanuel Macron during this weekend's G20 summit in Rome.
France intends to
prohibit British fishing vessels from landing
their catch in some French ports and wants to tighten sanitary and customs controls.
In addition, the French authorities will carry out systematic security checks on ships and will reinforce the registers of trucks destined for or coming from the United Kingdom.
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