Countries including France are said to want to tie a new post-Brexit security deal to more beneficial access to British waters, potentially holding up military cooperation.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    17 days ago

    https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-french-fishing-war-post-brexit-relations/

    Why Britain and France can’t stop fighting about fish

    Fish is a tiny contributor to both countries’ national incomes — 0.06 percent of France’s economy and 0.1 percent of the U.K.’s. — but could nonetheless trigger a trade war and poison the U.K.’s relationship with its closest neighbors.

    Fishing represents a tiny percentage of the GDP for Britain and for France but it’s highly symbolic in both countries.

    It just never ends.

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
    41·
    17 days ago

    They really need to get their heads out of their asses about this. A defence deal is a defence deal. This kind of bickering will only help to revive anti EU sentiment in the UK. Idk why they can’t just take one step at a time. Not everything has to be about leverage, especially with allies.