The Chair of the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee, Pierre Karleskind (Renew Europe, France), visiting Ostend (Belgium) on Friday 28 February, said that the future fisheries agreement with the UK should be "as close as possible to the status quo".
"It is in everyone's interest to reach a fisheries agreement that guarantees access to waters and markets under the current conditions", the MEP reiterated (see EUROPE B12418A7).
The EU is far from having won the day on this issue, which...