Paris asks the European Union to be “more active” in the dispute with London

A call of the foot in full crisis between Paris and London. France asked, Monday, November 22, the European Commission to be more “active” in the settlement of the post-Brexit dispute between Paris and London on fishing. “We say to the European Commission, I said it again this afternoon to Maros Sefkovic [vice-président de la Commission]: ‘We would be very happy to be able to treat this issue as an EU issue in its own right’ “, launched the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, in an interview on the Politico website (in English).

“This is an EU problem, it should be treated as an EU problem and France is asking for it to be”, he hammered, deploring that the litigation has “not taken seriously enough at the start in the Commission”.

France is demanding more fishing licenses in London and the Channel Island of Jersey as part of the post-Brexit deal. She announced sanctions as of November 1 before suspending them pending the outcome of further discussions. Clément Beaune spoke once again with the British Secretary of State for Brexit, David Frost, on Sunday evening on this subject.

“We will stick to it [le respect des accords]. We will play European and we will ask the Commission to be more active, firmer and more categorical in this discussion “, insisted the French manager who spoke English. Beyond fishing, which more specifically affects France for reasons “geographic”, the post-Brexit agreement involves respecting a series of commitments that could have an impact for the entire EU, he explained.

“If Europe is not able collectively to demand respect for it and to obtain it, we will have a long-term problem on the implementation of the agreement and on the confidence we can have in the Kingdom. -United”, he insisted.