French fishermen block ports, Eurotunnel in spat with UK
3 years ago

French fishermen block ports, Eurotunnel in spat with UK

Associated Press  

CALAIS, France — French fishing crews briefly blocked French ports, ferry traffic across the English Channel and the freight entrance to the Eurotunnel on Friday to disrupt the flow of goods to the U.K., in a protest over post-Brexit fishing licenses. Queues of traffic piled up on the A16 freeway on the French side, but the situation was described by officials as “calm” and “peaceful.” The Eurotunnel train service — that carries freight and all forms of vehicles, including cars, motorbikes, campervans, caravans, coaches, and lorries — said it is putting on 12 additional freight trains to clear the backlog. One fisherman, Stephane Ramet, who has been fishing since 1987 and was refused a license by the British, described the debacle as “an injustice” to French media. The fishermen are protesting to “respond to the derisive and humiliating attitude of the English,” Gerard Romiti, president of the French fishing committee, told reporters.

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UK, France mend ties, leaders agree to tackle Channel boats
1 year, 9 months ago

UK, France mend ties, leaders agree to tackle Channel boats

Associated Press  

PARIS — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Friday to strengthen the military ties between their countries and step up efforts to prevent migrants from crossing the English Channel, at a summit that signaled a thaw in relations after years of Brexit-induced chill. At a cordial joint news conference, Sunak said his meeting with Macron, …

France wants EU legal action over fishing dispute with UK
3 years ago

France wants EU legal action over fishing dispute with UK

Associated Press  

PARIS — French authorities said Friday they will seek European Union legal action against Britain over a months-long, unresolved fishing dispute. European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said France is going to ask for a meeting of the EU-U.K. partnership council, a political body meant to handle post-Brexit issues. “We will also ask, in the coming days, the European Commission to …

UK and Jersey issue more fishing licences in post-Brexit row with France
3 years ago

UK and Jersey issue more fishing licences in post-Brexit row with France

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a statement, a spokeswoman said 18 more licences had been granted to replacement …

Brexit fishing talks breakthrough as UK grants licences to French vessels
3 years ago

Brexit fishing talks breakthrough as UK grants licences to French vessels

The Telegraph  

French fishermen were handed a further 23 licences to operate in British and Jersey waters in an attempt to ease tensions in the post-Brexit fish wars. In separate statements issued on Saturday, both the UK Government and European Commission acknowledged that their recent intensive technical talks resulted in more small boat licences being granted. “The UK has issued 18 licences …

Channel deaths fuel UK-France tensions over migrant boats
3 years ago

Channel deaths fuel UK-France tensions over migrant boats

Associated Press  

LONDON — The deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel is fueling tensions between the U.K. and France over how to stop migrants from crossing the world’s busiest shipping route in small boats. Despite a pledge from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron that they would “do everything possible” to stop people smugglers …

EU rules forcing drivers to leave vehicles for checks threaten ‘continual’ Dover chaos
3 years, 1 month ago

EU rules forcing drivers to leave vehicles for checks threaten ‘continual’ Dover chaos

The Telegraph  

The EU's entry-exit system, to monitor all non-EU travellers entering the Schengen Area, is due to come into force next April. The impact of new post-Brexit regulations posed "an imminent and serious threat" to the "well-established frictionless and free flow operations" at Dover, they said, adding: "All effort must be devoted to maintaining these in the national economic interest." Disruption …

France vows to keep battling in fishing dispute with UK
3 years, 1 month ago

France vows to keep battling in fishing dispute with UK

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s minister of the sea vowed Sunday to “continue the fight” in the country’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights. “We fight every day for these ships, for these licenses, and we will not give up,” she told reporters, criticizing the British interpretation of post-Brexit rules over fishing rights as “inadmissible.” Fishing is a tiny industry economically, but …

UK has granted 96pc of licenses requested by French fishing boats
3 years, 1 month ago

UK has granted 96pc of licenses requested by French fishing boats

The Telegraph  

Britain has granted 96 per cent of fishing licences requested by French boats this year, according to official UK data contradicting France's claims about outstanding permits. The Government figures, released on Wednesday, contradict French allegations that "almost 50 per cent" of licences to which its fishermen have a right under the UK's pact with the EU are missing. The data …

Free at last! British fishing trawler seized by France arrives home
3 years, 1 month ago

Free at last! British fishing trawler seized by France arrives home

The Telegraph  

The figures showed that 840 of 874 French applications had been approved since the UK and EU signed the Trade and Cooperation Agreement in December. Eighty-five of 88 requests for vessels over 12 metres to have access to British waters between six and 12 miles from the coast have been approved, with three outstanding. Ms Prentis restated the Government's policy …

French trawler owners still in dark over U.K.-French fishing
3 years, 1 month ago

French trawler owners still in dark over U.K.-French fishing

The Independent  

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UK-France fish spat deepens despite Macron and Johnson talk
3 years, 1 month ago

UK-France fish spat deepens despite Macron and Johnson talk

Associated Press  

ROME — French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stuck to rival positions Sunday in their countries’ post-Brexit dispute over fishing in the English Channel, with France maintaining its threat to impose sanctions starting Tuesday that could include a blockade of British boats. “I don’t want any escalation, but we must take things seriously,” Macron said “My …

Ahead of meeting with UK PM, French President Macron says British credibility at stake in fishing spat
3 years, 1 month ago

Ahead of meeting with UK PM, French President Macron says British credibility at stake in fishing spat

Firstpost  

France is angry over restrictions on permits to fish in British waters, and says they run counter to the agreement Britain signed when it left the European Union Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron says France’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights is a test of the UK’s credibility in a post-Brexit world. France is angry over restrictions on permits to …

Crew of boat seized by France in post-Brexit fishing row advised to stay onboard for their own 'safety'
3 years, 1 month ago

Crew of boat seized by France in post-Brexit fishing row advised to stay onboard for their own 'safety'

The Telegraph  

The crew of the British trawler detained by French authorities have been advised to stay onboard for their own safety as tensions continue in the ongoing fishing row. In the latest escalation in the post-Brexit dispute over fishing licences, the captain of the boat has been ordered to appear in court next year, French authorities have announced. “The captain of …

How a small fishing boat became a 'political pawn' in an international row between Britain and France
3 years, 1 month ago

How a small fishing boat became a 'political pawn' in an international row between Britain and France

The Telegraph  

“The captain knew he had the licence, and handed it over. Andrew Brown, director of MacDuff Shellfish, said the boat was fishing legally and suggested the vessel had “slipped off the list” of approved licences because of a clerical error committed on the UK side. "It appears our vessel is another political pawn in the ongoing dispute between the UK …

UK vows to retaliate if France blocks British fishermen from ports
3 years, 1 month ago

UK vows to retaliate if France blocks British fishermen from ports

The Telegraph  

The Government has vowed to retaliate if France carries out a threat to block British fishermen from its ports over the post-Brexit fishing row, Downing Street said on Wednesday. A government spokesman said the French ultimatum to disrupt trade and hamper energy supplies will be hit with “an appropriate and calibrated response”. A spokesman for Emmanuel Macron, the French President, …

UK, France at loggerheads over post-Brexit fishing rights
3 years, 2 months ago

UK, France at loggerheads over post-Brexit fishing rights

Associated Press  

PARIS — The United Kingdom and France are at loggerheads again over fishing rights in the English Channel, leading Paris to warn about potential retaliatory measures that could impact energy and trade. In the latest post-Brexit dispute between the two countries, France urged the British government to allow more small French boats to fish in U.K. territorial waters. French Maritime …

UK’s fishing crews outraged at Brexit betrayal five years after referendum
3 years, 5 months ago

UK’s fishing crews outraged at Brexit betrayal five years after referendum

The Independent  

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Watch: French fishermen block UK trucks in Brexit fishing protest
3 years, 8 months ago

Watch: French fishermen block UK trucks in Brexit fishing protest

The Telegraph  

French trawlermen angered by the slow issuance of licenses to fish inside British waters after Brexit blocked lorries carrying UK-landed fish as they arrived in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Europe's largest seafood processing centre. Britain's post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union allowed the bloc's fishermen to keep fishing deep into British waters, but only once they had received a license. Those licenses …

UK seafood trucks protest at Parliament over Brexit red tape
3 years, 11 months ago

UK seafood trucks protest at Parliament over Brexit red tape

Associated Press  

LONDON — Trucks owned by U.K. shellfish firms descended on Britain’s Parliament Monday to protest the Brexit-related red tape they claim is suffocating their businesses. More than a dozen large lorries — one bearing the words “Brexit carnage!” — drove past the Houses of Parliament in central London and parked outside Downing St., home to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. …

Scottish fish prices ‘collapsing’ by as much as 80% due to Brexit bureaucracy, industry warns
3 years, 11 months ago

Scottish fish prices ‘collapsing’ by as much as 80% due to Brexit bureaucracy, industry warns

The Independent  

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UK fishermen halting exports to EU as ‘catastrophic’ Brexit bureaucracy renders business unviable
3 years, 11 months ago

UK fishermen halting exports to EU as ‘catastrophic’ Brexit bureaucracy renders business unviable

The Independent  

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Uncertainty about fishing rights despite Brexit deal
3 years, 11 months ago

Uncertainty about fishing rights despite Brexit deal

NL Times  

Despite a deal being reached between the EU and the UK, European fishers do not yet know whether they will be allowed to fish in British waters from January 1. In the run-up to Brexit, the European member states drew up a list of boats that fish in British waters so that the paperwork could be arranged quickly in the …

Fishing to get £100m funding package as ministers accused of Brexit deal 'betrayal'
3 years, 11 months ago

Fishing to get £100m funding package as ministers accused of Brexit deal 'betrayal'

The Telegraph  

The fishing industry is to get a £100 million funding package in the "near future", Michael Gove pledged as ministers were accused of "betrayal" over the compromise Brexit deal with the EU on fishing rights. Cabinet Office minister Mr Gove said the money, to modernise the fleet and fish processing industry, would enable it to take "full advantage of the …

UK ports race to clear backlog of 4,000 lorries as France lifts freight ban and Covid testing leads to delays
3 years, 11 months ago

UK ports race to clear backlog of 4,000 lorries as France lifts freight ban and Covid testing leads to delays

The Independent  

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UK and EU 'are haggling over every fish' despite deal all-but DONE
3 years, 11 months ago

UK and EU 'are haggling over every fish' despite deal all-but DONE

Daily Mail  

After a Brexit deal text was finalised, the next step is ratification by both sides - and there is not much time before the end of the transition period on January 1. Boris Johnson said the UK could now take advantages of the benefits of Brexit Ursula von der Leyen told her own briefing in Brussels that the terms were …

Why are fishing rights so important in Brexit trade talks?
4 years ago

Why are fishing rights so important in Brexit trade talks?

The Independent  

Given that fisheries represent less than 1 per cent of national income in the UK and France – the principal protagonists – it is difficult for many to understand why this comparatively small industry is hindering any Brexit trade deal. At the same time, though, there are many more fish out there than the British could consume, even if they …

Brexit: French Fishermen Worry What A Trade Deal May Mean For Them
4 years ago

Brexit: French Fishermen Worry What A Trade Deal May Mean For Them

NPR  

Brexit: French Fishermen Worry What A Trade Deal May Mean For Them Enlarge this image toggle caption Pete Kiehart for NPR Pete Kiehart for NPR With just days to go until Great Britain officially leaves the European Union's single common market and customs union, the two sides appear close to a trade deal. Enlarge this image toggle caption Pete Kiehart …

Letters: The EU’s disdainful stance in trade talks strengthens the case for Brexit
4 years ago

Letters: The EU’s disdainful stance in trade talks strengthens the case for Brexit

The Telegraph  

SIR – Our European friends have shown that their perfect Brexit was the UK removing its annoying presence from the EU top table, but continuing to follow all the rules and pay for the pleasure: a golden-egg-laying goose on a leash, to be squeezed at will. Tim Major Southampton SIR – Further to John Barratt’s letter suggesting Somerset Brie as …

Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France’s coast
4 years ago

Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France’s coast

Associated Press  

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France — Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France’s northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in their lines and fear that battles over fishing rights will soon erupt. And that has caused British companies to stockpile goods, leading to a huge increase in …

Diplomats claim Britain is attempting to 'nationalise' EU fishing boats ahead of Brexit crunch talks
4 years ago

Diplomats claim Britain is attempting to 'nationalise' EU fishing boats ahead of Brexit crunch talks

The Telegraph  

Fishing boats must be majority British owned to benefit from the larger catch in UK waters after Brexit, the UK has told European Commission negotiators. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, blamed the “last-minute demand” for throwing late night talks, which stretched for ten hours on Monday, into disarray.- Diplomatic sources accused Britain of trying to “nationalise” boats under UK …

On the hook: Dutch fishing industry weighs up costs of Brexit
4 years ago

On the hook: Dutch fishing industry weighs up costs of Brexit

Dutch News  

As EU and British negotiators pause their endgame talks on whether any Brexit trade deal is possible, experts predict troubled waters ahead for the Dutch fishing industry. Research by the European Fisheries Alliance suggests that between 2006 and 2015, Dutch fishermen hooked an average catch of 123 tonnes per year from British waters. ‘If there’s no deal, then British waters …

On the hook: Dutch fishing industry weighs up costs of Brexit
4 years ago

On the hook: Dutch fishing industry weighs up costs of Brexit

Dutch News  

As EU and British negotiators pause their endgame talks on whether any Brexit trade deal is possible, experts predict troubled waters ahead for the Dutch fishing industry. Research by the European Fisheries Alliance suggests that between 2006 and 2015, Dutch fishermen hooked an average catch of 123 tonnes per year from British waters. ‘If there’s no deal, then British waters …

UK seeks French muscle to stop migrants crossing Channel
4 years, 4 months ago

UK seeks French muscle to stop migrants crossing Channel

Associated Press  

PARIS — Britain’s immigration minister said after meeting with French officials Tuesday that the two countries are looking to put new muscle into their efforts to stop a record number of migrants successfully crossing the English Channel from France to Britain in small boats. But migrants’ success at using small boats, including rubber dinghies and kayaks, to make the perilous …

Ministers demand French get tough on Channel migrants
4 years, 4 months ago

Ministers demand French get tough on Channel migrants

The Telegraph  

Britain is to demand that the French crackdown on migrants making repeat attempts to cross the Channel intensifies, by forcing migrants to face "real consequences" when caught. In a meeting next week with his French counterparts, immigration minister Chris Philp will tell the French authorities that every migrant caught trying to cross the Channel should be fingerprinted so they can …

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