waters without a proper licence. it s now moored in le havre pending possible judicial proceedings against the captain and owner. it s clearly intended as a message to the british about what s to come from next week, when the french begin to enact reprisal measures in the row over fishing licences. before a french parliamentary committee, europe minister clement beaune spelt out what s to happen. from tuesday, he said, no uk fishing boat will be allowed to unload its catch in french ports. there will be intensified inspections on uk goods entering france by ferry and the channel tunnel. and in a second wave of measures, france may raise the tariff on electricity it supplies to the channel islands. france says this is because the uk and the channel islands have failed to keep their side of the deal on fishing licences signed as part of brexit. the british government says that s not true. it is very disappointing to see
france has seized a british trawler as the row over post brexit fishing rights escalates. the french claim the boat was fishing in their waters without a licence and it s been taken to the port of le havre. the french are angry that some of their boats have been refused licences to fish in uk waters and they ve threatened to block british vessels from their ports. one french minister has said we need to speak the language of force because that seems to be the only thing this british government understands. hugh schofield reports from paris. the british registered cornelis gertjan was impounded yesterday by the french maritime authorities, who say it was fishing in french waters without a proper licence. it s now moored in le havre pending possible judicial proceedings against the captain and owner. it s clearly intended as a message to the british about what s to come from next week, when the french begin to enact reprisal measures in the row over fishing licences. before a french
it was fishing in french waters without a proper licence. it is now moored in le havre pending possible judicial proceedings against the captain and owner. it s clearly intended as a message to the british about what s to come from next week, when the french begin to enact reprisal measures in the row over fishing licences. before a french parliamentary committee, europe minister clement beaune spelt out what s to happen. from tuesday he said no uk fishing boat will be allowed to unload its catch in french ports. there will be intensified inspections on uk goods entering france by ferry and the channel tunnel. and in a second wave of measures, france may raise the tariff on electricity it supplies to the channel islands. france says this is because the uk and the channel islands had failed to keep their side of the deal on fishing licences signed as part of brexit. the british government says that s not true. it is very disappointing to see the comments that came from france yesterday.