For MEPs, the future fisheries agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom should “maintain reciprocal access to waters and resources” by defining common, coherent and stable principles and rules, “enabling open access of fishing and aquaculture products to markets without causing economic or social tensions through unbalanced competition” (see EUROPE B12437A6, B12424A1).
This well-known position, defended by the EU but contested by the UK, is set out in the draft opinion by...