joe can play that game is what i can save us the first instance, what we are doing is raising this with the european commission since obviously the eu represents france on fisheries matters and is the partner we deal with international these things obviously it is always open to us to increase the enforcement we do on french vessels are to board more of them if that is what they are doing to our vessels. we have said for now are doing to our vessels. we have said for now we re are doing to our vessels. we have said for now we re not are doing to our vessels. we have said for now we re not going - are doing to our vessels. we have said for now we re not going to i said for now we re not going to respond said for now we re not going to respond in said for now we re not going to respond in the way france has. we will raise respond in the way france has. we will raise this with the commission and we will raise this with the commission and we will will raise this with the com
says that is completely out of proportion, it is accusing the french government of inflammatory language and we have also heard from the uk government this morning that if the french do take more action, there will be retaliation from london. having listened to environment secretary. two can play at that game is what i would say. but in the first instance what we re doing is raising this with the european commission, since obviously the eu represents france on fisheries matters and is the partner we deal with internationally on these things. obviously it s always open to us to increase the enforcement that that we do on french vessels to board more of them if that s what they re doing to our vessels. we ve said that, for now, we re not going to respond in the way that france has we re going to raise this with the commission and we re going to raise it through diplomatic channels with the french ambassador. but we ll reserve our right to do more things, obviously, if france continue
at the end of the day, they re our colleagues and we fish alongside them we don t want to see their businesses fail. in london, the government has called the proposed french actions unjustified . the government has said we are very happy to give licences to the very few remaining people who have not got their licences, but we need to have some evidence to show that you meet the criteria. but with the french ambassador summoned to the foreign office and the uk government promising an appropriate response, the political dynamics could see this dispute escalate fast. damian grammaticas, bbc news. well, speaking to bbc breakfast this morning, this is how the environment secretary, george eustice, reacted to what he sees as french threats. two can play at that game is what i would say. but in the first instance what we re doing is raising this with the european commission, since obviously the eu represents france on fisheries matters