France will not “allow itself to be bullied” in the dispute with the United Kingdom over fisheries licences in British waters, the French Minister of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, insisted on Tuesday 5 October, brandishing the threat of using energy as a weapon (see EUROPE B12802A3).
“In the coming days, we will take European or national measures to put pressure on the United Kingdom”, he said on Europe 1. He stressed that the UK is “dependent on our energy...