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The European Parliament has voted to ratify the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), with 660 out of 697 MEPs voting in favour of the deal, but a Brexit expert has said it is only the beginning.
France has put the UK on alert that it could start legal proceedings if there is no further movement on post-Brexit fishing licences.
Without licenses to fish in British waters, French trawlermen block deliveries of UK-landed fish
23/04/2021
French trawlermen angered by the slow issuance of licenses to fish inside British waters after Brexit on Thursday blocked lorries carrying UK-landed fish as they arrived in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Europe’s largest seafood processing centre.
Former terror law reviewer David Anderson warns of serious impact on fight against cross-border crime.
Britain risks weeks without trade transition plans from 1 January after missing EU parliament Sunday deadline.
Spokesman for Boris Johnson says hopes of meeting deadline in December are dwindling
Diplomats said that they wanted to make French the "lingua franca" of Brussels in the wake of Brexit.
The European Parliament is expected to ratify the post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal, amid tensions including a French threat of reprisals against the UK.
Brexit ‘will be a bad thing for the UK, it’s not good news for the EU,’ Clément Beaune says.
European states will, within days, announce measures to apply pressure on London to abide by Brexit agreements sealed with the bloc when Britain left the European Union, French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune told Europe 1 radio on Tuesday.
France is threatening to block regulations that would allow the U.K. to continue operating financial regulations in Europe if the country doesn’t respect its Brexit commitments on fishing.
France on Tuesday threatened "reprisals" against Britain unless a post-Brexit deal on fishing rights is implemented, the latest sign of cross-Channel tensions over the highly sensitive sector.
The French government called Friday (23 April) for a quick implementation of a post-Brexit accord on mutual access to fishing waters, after French fishermen blocked trucks trying to bring in catches from Britain overnight.
France's European affairs minister Clement Beaune urged Britain on Tuesday to uphold its side of post-Brexit deals and restore trust.
French minister raises electricity supply as point of leverage in dispute over access to UK waters.
Travellers told to allow three to four hours to pass through security and French border checks at port. / French authorities have hit back at claims by the Port of Dover that French border control staff were to blame for a second day of hours-long delays, saying: “France is not responsible for Brexit.”
France has put the UK on alert that it could start legal proceedings if there is no further movement on post-Brexit fishing licences.
French fishermen lack half the licences they need to fish in British waters and which Paris says are owed them after Brexit, France's government said Wednesday, adding it was working on possible sanctions that could affect power supplies to the UK.
‘We still need a few dozen licenses,’ Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune says.
Minister says France may act unilaterally if terms not right, as negotiations in London falter.
France’s Clément Beaune pledges concrete action to enhance ‘linguistic diversity.’
EU member states back infringement proceedings against Britain over Northern Ireland protocol Bill
21/06/2022
Ministers express ‘unity’ on European Commission’s legal proceedings in Luxembourg meeting.
If energy shortages worsen, EU governments can resort to curbing sales of natural gas and power to 'third countries', which includes Britain as of this year.
Brits ‘in denial’ about what Brexit means
26/07/2022
"Once upon a time we had frictionless access to France, and freedom of movement into the entire European Union. Then we voted to get rid of that, and here we are."