THE European Union will block any free-trade agreement with Britain unless Boris Johnson agrees to guarantee access for European boats to the country's fishing grounds, Germany today warned.
European affairs minister Michael Roth said the future relationship hinged on a comprehensive fisheries pact to manage “common resources”. Addressing the European Parliament, he said: “We do understand that the UK wants certain advantages for its own fishermen, for its own fisheries industry. “But, common resources need to be managed together in a sustainable way, which means we cannot accept that the UK would exclude EU fisheries efforts from its territorial waters all together.”
Downing Street insisted its negotiators would continue to reject EU demands for continued access to Britain’s fishing grounds and control over its state subsidies policy.
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