Post-Brexit fishing: conflict over licenses granted to Europeans by the United Kingdom

A French fisherman who does not have a license to fish in British waters, works in the port of Granville, in Normandy (Image illustration).

AP - Jeremias Gonzalez

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In the case of fishing, meetings are linked but the nets always seem very tangled.

There remains a dispute over the fishing licenses granted to Europeans by the United Kingdom.

The French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, met this Tuesday morning with the British Minister responsible for Brexit, David Frost.

Clément Beaune asks that a " 

 " in the case.

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The last deadline is scheduled for the end of the week.

There are still some important meetings, but no specific progress yet.

As for the departments, we are careful not to make comments.

A " 

 " says Clément Beaune.

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The problem is that nothing conclusive would have come out of these meetings according to the echoes that reached the French fishermen in Granville Bay.

On the Jersey fishing grounds, they are asking that around twenty of their vessels, which currently have provisional licenses, obtain definitive licenses.

Norman sailors want to resume discussions

They would especially like to regain control.

This political showdown between Paris and London has gradually excluded them from the negotiations.

The Norman sailors want to resume bilateral discussions with the administration of Jersey.

" 

 ", explains one of them.

Fishermen who regret, however, that the European Union has not supported France a little more against the United Kingdom.

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