France, fishermen block ports and the Channel Tunnel to apply for post-Brexit fishing licenses
THE French fishermen from Pas-de-Calais, Ouistreham and Saint-Malo have announced that they will block the three ports, as well as access to the Channel tunnel, which passes under the Channel between France and Great Britain, tomorrow 26 November.
“We ask for the immediate resolution of the dispute which opposes us to the United Kingdom in the interpretation of the agreement of the Brexit“, he has declared Gérard Romiti, president of the national fishermen committee, as reported Le Figaro. “Our patience has its limits, it has already been put to the test too much,” he added.
The mobilization day has been defined “a warning shot“and aims to ask London for the rapid granting of post-Brexit fishing licenses. The fishermen they will block the arrival of ferries by sea in three ports of the Channel: Saint-Malo, Ouistreham and Calais. To the ground, they will also block the access of trucks at the cargo terminal of the underground tunnel “for a few hours,” Gérard Romiti said at a press conference. “We don’t want handouts, we just want our licenses back,” he said.
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London “disappointed” by the blocking of the tunnel by French fishermen
The British government said it was “disappointed” after the French National Fisheries Committee announced the blocking of freight traffic at the entrances to three Channel ports and in the tunnel that passes under the Channel. issue of post-Brexit fishing licenses.
This was stated by a spokesman for Downing Street. “We have incredibly strong supply chains – he added – and we have contingency plans ready”.
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