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EU leaders to insist on tough enforcement powers in Brexit deal - FT

Published 12/10/2020, 04:19
Updated 12/10/2020, 06:06
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO:  French President Macron visits southern region devastated by Storm Alex

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: French President Macron visits southern region devastated by Storm Alex

(Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders will insist on tough enforcement rules for any trade deal with Britain, warning that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bid to override the Brexit treaty has shown Britain's word cannot be trusted, the Financial Times reported.

EU diplomats said leaders at a summit starting on Thursday would call on EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to ensure that "level playing field" guarantees for European businesses competing with British companies are backed by the right for Brussels to take rapid retaliatory action if Britain breaches its commitments, the FT reported on Monday. https://on.ft.com/34MuVHF

France and other fishing nations in the EU will emphasise their determination to preserve quota rights in British waters, leaving Barnier with limited space to tease out a deal, the newspaper reported.

The EU wants to secure consistent rights to fish in British waters, an important issue for France where coastal fishing communities are politically influential. Britain wants a deal more like that of non-EU member Norway, under which quotas are set each year.

Johnson has set a deadline of the Oct. 15 EU summit for agreement on a deal, and an EU diplomat said on Friday Barnier wants a few more concessions from Britain before entering the last intense phase of negotiations on a trade deal.

Johnson told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday that progress must be made in post-Brexit trade talks with the European Union in coming days to bridge "significant gaps", in particular in the areas of fisheries and the level playing field, his office said.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Puzzle with printed EU and UK flags

Johnson repeated his belief that "while achieving a deal in the coming days would be beneficial for both sides, the UK was also prepared to end the transition period on Australia-style terms".

 

Latest comments

BYE BYE
time to move on. To much political capital has been wasted on trying to get a deal that was never going to happen. As for fishing rights. What does the EU think Sovereignty is. The UK should licence other countries boats allowing them to fish at a price, dictate the quotas and reinforce them with the rights to board and check those boats are sticking to the quotas.
Little Napolean Macron flapping his gums again
More and more I am preferring a hard brexit. Now the EU is trying to lock the UK up and throw away the key. Boris would not have put a new clause in british law over the withdrawal agreement if the EU had not threatened to block supplies between Ireland and the rest of the UK. Roll on the 15th Oct 2020 and a hard brexit. Let's see how the EU will compete then, when they are unable to write laws for the UK to protect French farmers and Fishermen.
The EU was set up by the French for the French
What nonsense! Some just need an education... ciuld this be part of the problems?
Lol - it was setup by the germans and the french to help themselves.
If the EU and the UK don't reach a deal, the UK will suffer two times more due to Covid
Surely you can’t trust the british conservative government, they are a bunch of incompetent clowns that can’t get anything right.
Most EU states don't have an interest in British waters, again the French dictate EU policy to suit their own needs. It's behaviour like this that shows how contrived the EU is.
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