During a visit to Brussels on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 January, the President of the Region of Brittany, Loïg Chesnais-Girard, called on EU leaders to defend the fishing industry in the context of the UK’s exit from the EU.
Loïg Chesnais-Girard met with the Commissioner for Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, to remind him of the fears of the fishing industry in Brittany of losing access to British waters although it makes 50% of its catches there. “This threat is...