Conflict over fisheries: can the UK and France find a compromise?

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A British trawler Cornelis Gert Jan is seen moored in the port of Le Havre after France seized on Thursday a British trawler fishing in its territorial waters without a license, in Le Havre, France on October 28, 2021. REUTERS - SARAH MEYSSONNIER

By: Clémentine Pawlotsky

1 min

No French sanctions… at least until Thursday (November 4, 2021).

Discussions continue between France and the United Kingdom, to try to settle the dispute over the burning issue of post-Brexit fishing licenses.

On both sides of the Channel, leaders have opted for a more conciliatory tone, after this weekend's meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.  

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Can the two countries find a compromise?

What are the main sticking points?

And what will happen if France implements the announced retaliatory measures?  

Decryption with:  

- Elvire Fabry

, senior researcher at the

in charge of Trade Policy, Europe in Globalization and Brexit   

- Thibaud Harrois

, lecturer in British Civilization at

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