EU and UK lock horns in Hague over post-Brexit fishing rights
FirstpostA three-person panel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague will hear arguments from both sides for three days on whether a British ban on fishing sandeels in its North Sea waters breaches the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Britain and the European Union go to court for the first time on Tuesday to resolve a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights, a case that could complicate Britain’s planned “reset” of relations with the bloc. A three-person panel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague will hear arguments from both sides for three days on whether a British ban on fishing sandeels in its North Sea waters breaches the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is due to join EU leaders for a retreat on Monday and discuss closer defence ties to counter Russia and to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that NATO members increase military spending. It says the sand eel fishing prohibition constitutes an unjustified restriction on the access of EU vessels to UK waters granted by the TCA.
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