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France says will act tough with UK now to get fishing licences
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Posted on October 28, 2021
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Published by maria gbaf
Posted on October 28, 2021
1 min readLast updated: January 29, 2026
France adopts a tough stance on the UK over fishing licences, threatening to block access to UK boats until more licences are granted, escalating post-Brexit tensions.
PARIS (Reuters) – France will adopt a zero tolerance attitude towards Britain and block access to virtually all its boats until it awards the fishing licences France says its fishermen need in its post-Brexit dispute, a government minister said on Thursday.
“I stand by the fact we pursued dialogue until now, we got half of the fishing licences today, but that’s not enough and not acceptable,” Clement Beaune, France’s Europe minister, said on CNews TV.
“So now, we need to speak the language of strength since that seems to be the only thing this British government understands,” Beaune said.
(Reporting by Michel Rose)
The article discusses France's tough stance on the UK regarding fishing licences in a post-Brexit context.
France is blocking UK boats to pressure the UK into granting more fishing licences to French fishermen.
Clement Beaune is France's Europe minister, advocating for a strong stance against the UK.
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