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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Is it coincidence that the UK and Jersey granted more fishing licences to the French before they changed their tune? Looks like there's been give and take on both sides which is positive.
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My reading of it is that the European Commission is unwilling to back France’s gung-ho strategy, which is based on electioneering rather than treaty provisions. France therefore needed an ‘out’ having gone out on a limb with its threats, and Jersey has given it one by agreeing to expedite about half a dozen cases that have a chunk of admin attached to them but aren’t necessarily controversial in themselves.