The disappointed hopes of British fishermen after Brexit

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French fishing boats gathered in front of Saint-Helier, the capital of the Channel Island of Jersey to protest against the fishing conditions imposed on French sailors after Brexit.

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By: Juliette Rengeval Follow

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No clarification on the conflict between France and the United Kingdom over the issue of fishing licenses.

A new meeting is planned, but Paris is getting impatient.

For Clément Beaune, "a quick solution must be found for our fishermen, in application of our agreements", remarks made at the end of a meeting Tuesday, November 9 with David Frost, his British counterpart in charge of Brexit.

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Fishing is at the heart of Brexit.

British fishermen voted overwhelmingly for the UK's exit from the European Union, hoping to see their lot improve, in a very competitive industry.

Hopes today largely disappointed.

This is a report signed by our correspondent,

The Adriatic Sea is

main resource

: primarily for tourism and not really for fishing.

Especially since the country entered the European Union in 2013 and small local boats have faced competition from the powerful fleets of the common market.

Memories of the war

Nearly 20 million dead, 21 million wounded, disabled, soldiers and civilians and a deluge of iron and fire that fell during the First World War in the north of

.

Along the front line, a billion shells were reportedly fired.

Since each year, 70 tonnes of ammunition have been discovered in Picardy.

This requires the intervention of deminers, based in the department of Aisne.

went to meet them in the interdepartmental demining center near

.

Arsenic, cyanide and explosive powder lie a few tens of meters underwater in Swiss lakes.

According to authorities, more than 8,000 tonnes of ammunition were dumped in the country's lakes after World War II.

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