The French government announced on Wednesday 27 October that it would shortly present a series of measures that will hit the UK as early as next week, in response to the UK’s failure to comply with the fisheries chapter of the EU/UK trade and cooperation agreement.
Government spokesman Gabriel Attal explained after the council of ministers in the country that “almost 50% of the licences to which we are entitled” were missing under the agreement. “This is a situation that is not...