France has threatened legal recourse through the European Commission against the UK over post-Brexit fishing licences
Britain and the European Commission, France secured 23 new licences. But Paris insisted 60 additional licences were due. “We will ask the European Commission to initiate a legal procedure for the licences to which we are entitled. This is the highest priority, the most important," said Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune on Friday.
Beaune made the statement after a meeting chaired by President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee between the maritime ministry, fishing groups and elected officials from the coastal regions whose fishermen have been refused licences. Macron indicated that France was not willing to settle. “We will not let go of the subject,” he said in a tweet.Post-Brexit relations
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