“If you spend years negotiating a contract and then a few months later do the opposite of what was decided in the areas that are the least suitable for you, that is not a good sign of credibility,” Macron told the ” Financial Times »on Friday.
After Britain’s exit from the EU, Paris and London are embroiled in a heated dispute over fishing rights. They accuse each other of violating the Brexit trade agreement concluded late last year on fishing licenses in British waters. France accuses the UK of not granting enough fishing permits to French vessels.
In addition, London is arguing with Brussels over the Northern Ireland Protocol to the Brexit Agreement. This provides that no customs controls are carried out between Northern Ireland, which belongs to Great Britain, and the EU member Ireland, in order not to jeopardize the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Instead, there should be controls between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However, critics believe that this creates a de facto border within the UK and suffers from supplies to Northern Ireland.