Post-Brexit disputes: the UK’s “credibility” at stake, believes Emmanuel Macron – franceinfo

New verbal escalation between the British and French governments. This time, it was Paris which launched a new arrow. Emmanuel Macron said the UK’s “credibility” was at stake in the post-Brexit disputes over fishing licenses and the Northern Irish protocol, in an interview with the Financial Times published on the evening of Friday, October 29.

“Make no mistake, this is not just about Europeans but all of their partners, began by declared the head of state. Because when you spend years negotiating a treaty and a few months later you do the opposite of what was decided on the aspects that suit you the least, that is no great proof of your credibility. “, he continued to the newspaper.

While threats of reprisals fuse on either side of the Channel around fishing licenses in British waters, which Paris accuses London of not granting in sufficient numbers, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson must meet this weekend in Rome on the sidelines of the G20. The French president assured that there had been neither “provocation” or “voltage” on the question of fishing rights, but “we must respect each other” mutually and “keep the word that has been given”.