Never even contested an election before this year. It really has been an astonishing year in french politics. Emmanuel macron, the young, fresh phrased, road business, ardent european. About to be inaugurated pro business. He trounced his rivals in the elections, a resounding vote in support of a man who only set up his en marche party about a year ago. We are already hearing, by the way, just you know, just to let you know, that we will expect him to appoint his Prime Minister to morrow. We have heard that in the last few minutes. The Prime Minister will be appointed tomorrow and the government will be formed on tuesday. That is what sources close to Emmanuel Macron are telling us. That is the scene there in Central Paris, as we await the formalities of the inauguration and, of course, the french do these things with wonderful and grandeur and lets go to my colleague who was there watching it all unfold. A rather drizzly morning there in paris, we can tell from your umbrella 7 drizzly
tomorrow, to try to find a way out. technical problems over paperwork are one thing, but this is about more than that. it is about trust, between france and post brexit britain. at a briefing at the elysee palace today, i asked the government spokesman what concrete measures france needed to call off the threat of sanctions. i just told you. we arejust waiting for one thing, is for the uk to respect the deal that they signed. but the deal was vague, wasn t it? is this just a technical misunderstanding? i really don t think so. i don t think it was that vague. tonight, the cornelis gert jan left le havre. its captain will be back to face charges next year. one small boat navigating the gap between paperwork and politics, as tricky for fishermen as it is for politicians. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.
the uk says some boats don t meet its criteria. france says it s deliberately blocking applications. by the beginning of this week, paris was threatening to apply customs checks to every lorry crossing the channel. the uk was threatening legal action if it did. with britain and france both threatening concrete action, the brexit minister, david frost, is due here tomorrow, to try to find a way out. technical problems over paperwork are one thing, but this is about more than that. it is about trust, between france and post brexit britain. at a briefing at the elysee palace today, i asked the government spokesman what concrete measures france needed to call off the threat of sanctions. i just told you. we are just waiting for one thing, is for the uk to respect the deal that they signed. but the deal was vague, wasn t it? is this just a technical misunderstanding? i really don t think so. i don t think
the fishing row? definitely. i think we re kind of caught in the middle of this. fishing licenses have been a sensitive topic for months. under the brexit deal, french boats can still fish in british coastal waters, if they can prove they fished there before. the uk says some boats don t meet its criteria. france says it s deliberately blocking applications. by the beginning of this week, paris was threatening to apply customs checks to every lorry crossing the channel. the uk was threatening legal action if it did. with britain and france both threatening concrete action, the brexit minister, david frost, is due here tomorrow, to try to find a way out. technical problems over paperwork are one thing, but this is about more than that. it is about trust, between france and post brexit britain. at a briefing at the elysee palace today, i asked the government spokesman what concrete measures france needed to call off the threat of sanctions.