French fishermen: the number of reissues of fishing permits in the UK is far less than expected, and the blockade will be launched again
On the evening of December 11, local time, the French Upper France Fisheries Association issued an announcement, expressing dissatisfaction with the announcement by the British and Jersey governments to reissue 23 fishing permits to French fishermen on the same day, and said that they would follow the example of November 26 and re-launch. Blockade action in protest.
Since the end of November, the European Commission has directly come forward with the UK to resolve the dispute over the insufficient issuance of fishing permits, and has clearly given a deadline of December 10.
But so far, about 80 of the fishing permits applied by French fishermen have not been approved.
For this reason, the French Fisheries Association of Upper France stated in an announcement that French fishermen not only believe that the British government is treachery, but also feel that they have been abandoned by the European Commission.
On November 26, French fishermen who were troubled by the dispute over fishing rights carried out a blockade operation at one port each in the three regions of Brittany, Normandy and Upper France in northern France.
Especially in Calais, the port city of Upper France. Not only did 6 fishing boats block the sea entrance of the ferry in the afternoon of the same day, but also fishermen drove to block the entrance and exit of freight vehicles passing through the Anglo-French undersea tunnel, causing hundreds of There are long lines of large trucks.
(Headquarters reporter Zou Heyi)