"The government is accordingly considering the possibility, in those circumstances, of launching dispute settlement proceedings. If the French actions were implemented as planned on November 2, Britain said the EU would be in breach of their Brexit deal. However he added that "the ties that unite us, that bind us together are far stronger than the turbulence that currently exists in the relationship."įrance is incensed that Britain and the self-governing islands of Jersey and Guernsey, which depend on London for defence and foreign affairs, have not issued some French boats licences to fish in their waters post-Brexit.įrance's ambassador was summoned to London's Foreign Office over the row, and spent around 20 minutes with minister Wendy Morton, who "expressed concern over the unjustified measures announced by France earlier this week," according to the British government.īritish minister David Frost on Friday raised the issue with EU Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic during talks over the implementation in Northern Ireland of the Brexit deal agreed last year.įrost "set out to the vice president our concerns about the unjustified measures announced by France earlier this week to disrupt UK fisheries and wider trade, to threaten energy supplies," the UK government said. "We will do whatever is necessary to ensure UK interests," he told reporters on board his plane as he flew to the G20 summit in Rome. But British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will hold brief face-to-face talks with Macron at the G20 summit in Rome this weekend, vowed to defend UK interests.
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