UK-EU defense pact really does depend on fish, European minister warns – POLITICO
UK-EU defense pact really does depend on fish, European minister warns – POLITICO
Countries including France are said to want to tie a new post-Brexit security deal to more beneficial access to British waters, potentially holding up military cooperation.
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-french-fishing-war-post-brexit-relations/
Why Britain and France can’t stop fighting about fish
Fish is a tiny contributor to both countries' national incomes — 0.06 percent of France’s economy and 0.1 percent of the U.K.’s. — but could nonetheless trigger a trade war and poison the U.K.’s relationship with its closest neighbors.
Fishing represents a tiny percentage of the GDP for Britain and for France but it’s highly symbolic in both countries.
It just never ends.
They really need to get their heads out of their asses about this. A defence deal is a defence deal. This kind of bickering will only help to revive anti EU sentiment in the UK. Idk why they can't just take one step at a time. Not everything has to be about leverage, especially with allies.
This is why the Cod Wars happened, so I'm not surprised.