French President Emmanuel Macron promised, on Monday 1 November, to “give a chance” to discussions with the UK on the number of fishing licences to be granted to French fishermen in British waters.
Paris threatened to adopt severe retaliatory measures if London did not grant more licences to French fishermen by Tuesday 2 November (see EUROPE B12823A2, B12822A6).
A reprieve. France has finally announced that it will not apply sanctions against the UK ahead of a ministerial meeting in...