France accuses Britain of using post-Brexit rules to ‘take French fishing hostage’
France has accused Britain of using its post-Brexit rules to ‘take French fishing hostage’ and threatened ‘retaliatory action’ for denying licences to its fishermen. Emmanuel Macron’s hard-left maritime minister, Annick Girardin, railed against London for granting licences to just 12 of the 47 EU small vessels which applied to cast their nets in British waters. … Read more