The minister clarified that“an envelope of 40 to 60 million euros” could “be put on the table”.
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A step forward in the negotiations. French Minister of the Sea Annick Girardin announced Thursday, November 18 to prepare “fleet exit plans” to compensate French vessels which ultimately do not obtain a post-Brexit fishing license to access British waters.
“Without prejudging the consequences of the negotiations, I asked the DPMA [Direction des pêches] to offer me, in relation with the professionals, an estimate of the fleet exit plans that I could finance “, she said during an intervention at the fishing conference organized in Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Finistère). She clarified that“an envelope of 40 to 60 million euros” could “to be put on the table”.