Paris, France postpones its threat of sanctions to Thursday on fishing license issue with UK
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Published Nov 3, 2021
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Despite the cordial smiles at the G20 and at the COP26, the post-Brexit arm wrestling party continues on the fishery between Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron who gave up applying sanctions at midnight to "give a chance" to the discussions that will continue at least until Thursday. The Elysee Palace subsequently specified, in a press release, that France would not apply a sanction at least until Thursday, the date scheduled for a meeting in Paris between the British Secretary of State in charge of Brexit, David Frost and the French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune who invited him. The British government for its part "welcomed" the postponement of sanctions, saying it "welcomes France's recognition that in-depth discussions are necessary to resolve all the difficulties in the relationship between the United Kingdom and the EU". And David Frost "is delighted with the discussions which will take place in Paris on Thursday," added Downing Street, thus signing a ...
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