French minister calls for European measures against UK if fishing row talks fail
France’s Europe minister said sanctions such as a ban on British trawlers landing their catches in French ports also remain on the table.
France’s Europe minister said sanctions such as a ban on British trawlers landing their catches in French ports also remain on the table.
The Home Secretary said the drownings were a ‘dreadful shock’.
A group of people wearing life jackets and wrapped in blankets were seen huddled together on board the RNLI’s Dover lifeboat on Thursday morning.
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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will challenge French ambassador Catherine Colonna on the row.
Catherine Colonna will be asked to explain ‘disappointing and disproportionate’ threats by France in the dispute over post-Brexit fishing licences.
France and the UK are at loggerheads over the issuing of licences to fish in UK waters after Brexit.
Scallop vessel Cornelis was ordered to divert to Le Havre port after the French authorities said it was fishing in French waters without a licence.
French authorities said the UK’s failure to comply with trade agreements is ‘unacceptable’ and it will defend the rights of its own fishermen.
Officials travelled to Kabul to meet the new regime.
The rights of women and girls were among the issues discussed.
The French ambassador denied reports that France is lobbying the EU not to sign a deal with Australia which has been under negotiation since 2018.
Armin Laschet, Olaf Scholz and Annalena Baerbock all want to succeed Angela Merkel who is not seeking another term.
The twin attacks came as thousands of people thronged the airport gates hoping for evacuation from Afghanistan.
Thousands have been trying to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, many through Kabul’s international airport.