EU Sees U.K. Willingness for a Post-Brexit Fishing-Rights Deal
- Fishing spat one of thorniest issues in Anglo-French relations
- Commissioner sees willingness for deal later this month
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The European Union hailed the granting of a new batch of fishing licenses in a post-Brexit dispute that has poisoned Anglo-French relations, saying it sees a shared willingness to work toward an agreement later this month.
Fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius told Bloomberg in an interview that with the Channel island of Guernsey granting 40 permanent licenses to EU fishing vessels on Wednesday, almost 95% of all such permits requested by the bloc have been delivered since the beginning of 2021.