Locals in Boulogne-sur-Mer want their government to drive a hard bargain in its row with the UK over fishing licences - and the French president will be eager to win their support with an election looming, finds Sky's adamparsons
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"I believe they are worth fighting for. It was about time this happened. I'm okay because, as a trader, people supply my fish, but all my colleagues have faced difficulties since the beginning of the year. "There are even different species of fish that French fishermen can't get because of limits to waters - turbot, for example. It's been a difficult period for several years and Brexit has added to our problems."Not only does all this resonate across the fishing towns of northern France, but across the whole country, and even Western Europe.
Which is all grist to the Macron mill. The president is, as ever, mindful of the next election, which is now less than six months away.He is acutely aware that, this time around, he wants to do everything he can to shore up their support, and that means sticking up for his fishing communities.A little way further down the market, we meet Sylvia. She is an enthusiastic supporter of France's hostility towards its neighbour on the other side of the Channel.
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