The European Commission “retains objective of achieving a mutually acceptable outcome on fishing licences in UK waters”, said the institution during an exchange of views on Thursday 9 December with the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries.
The Commission hopes to get the EU and the UK to find common ground on this sensitive issue before the 10 December deadline. However, France said, on Thursday, that nearly 100 vessels had still not obtained the licences they had requested...