EU’s Barnier says on Brexit: Access to EU market comes with conditions

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: EU flags flutter in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – European Union chief negotiator Michel…

The French fishermen who could sink Britain’s post-Brexit ambitions

[ad_1] BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) – For the British government, a successful Brexit means re-asserting economic sovereignty and landing a trade deal with Europe. Trawler captain Stephane Fait and his fellow…

Macron says French fisherman accept situation will change after Brexit

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – French fishermen know they won’t get the same access to British fishing waters after Brexit, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, a sign of a softening…

Brexit talks at most difficult point, European Council President Michel says – Telegraph

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: European Council President Charles Michel takes off his mask at a post-EU summit news conference in Brussels, Belgium October 16, 2020. Olivier Mattys/Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) –…

Critical to get new bill passed by year-end, PM Johnson to tell parliament

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Downing Street, London, Britain September 9,…

UK says no return to EU negotiations next year, need deal by January

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not return to trade talks with the European Union next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Monday, stressing that any agreement had…

‘You have to be realistic’: France prepares fishermen for the worst over Brexit

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – France will compensate its fishermen or teach them new skills if there is a collapse in talks for a post-Brexit trade deal that threatens their livelihoods,…

France sticking to ‘red lines’ as Brexit talks continue – govt spokesman

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Fishermen empty a fishing net aboard the Boulogne-sur-Mer based trawler “Nicolas Jeremy” in the North Sea, off the coast of northern France, December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol…