“If there is a breach of treaty we will do what is necessary to protect British interests' Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he won't rule out using the dispute mechanism against France as the post-Brexit fishing row escalates. Get more here:
The row erupted after the UK authorities refused to give licences to 55 French fishing vessels to fish in UK waters because they believed they did not meet the requirements.
Andrew Brown, head of public affairs for Macduff Shellfish, which owns the boat, said the charge"relates to fishing in French waters without a licence and that's the bone of contention".As well as detaining the scallop trawler, France has also fined two other fishing vessels over the row.
The PM and President Macron came face-to-face at the G20 summit in Rome this weekend and will do again at theSpeaking on Friday, a Downing Street spokesman said Mr Johnson will have a"brush by" with the French president about the row at theThe spokesperson added that threats to"disrupt UK fisheries and wider trade, to threaten energy supplies… would put theMeanwhile, a letter seen by Sky News shows the French Prime Minister Jean Castex urging the EU to prove that there...
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