According to the high official, Johnson appeals to any resource to reinforce his internal political weight and blame others for his problems.
These words suggest a dead end in the bilateral negotiations on the fisheries dispute, following the complaint by France that its neighbor denied half of the licenses to Gallic seamen to continue their work in British waters.
The United Kingdom is a great country, unfortunately for us and for them it is not still in the European Union, but it represents a potential partner on various issues and I believe that at some point we will be able to have a serious dialogue, to which we are willing, he said when participating in the The Grand Jury program, broadcast by LCI, RTL and Le Figaro.
Le Drian’s comments come just two days after President Emmanuel Macron promised a response from France before Christmas on the issue of post-Brexit fishing in British waters and “not abandoning our fishermen.”
Paris announced in late October a package of economic sanctions against the United Kingdom, including a ban on British ships from unloading merchandise in some ports, but Macron froze its application, arguing that the parties were negotiating.
London then called the French actions disproportionate and expressed concern about the tone of the speech.
In his statements today, Le Drian also addressed the migration dispute related to the flow through the Pas de Calais, accusing “the British of wanting us to bear the responsibility for the difficulties they have with managing migrants on their own. territory”.
It is true that they pay us, but we mobilize many human, customs and gendarmes resources that guarantee security, he detailed in reference to the attempt by migrants to use French soil to reach the United Kingdom.
France calls on the European Union to come to its defense against what it considers to be non-compliance by London with what was agreed for its departure from the community bloc, now of 27 member states, materialized on February 1.
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