MEP Pierre Karleskind (Renew Europe, France) was elected by acclamation as Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries, on Wednesday 19 February, after the UK's exit from the EU(see EUROPE B12415A4).
"This mandate promises to be particularly dense for the fishing committee", he said. First, a fisheries agreement will have to be negotiated with the UK before 1 July. He says that the negotiations for this fisheries agreement must absolutely be inseparable from the discussions on...