Beaune told the Journal de Dimanche that Britain could not on the one hand want access to the totality of the European Union’s single market but on the other set its own terms for fisheries. “We know that the days of full access to fish quotas in British territorial waters are over,” Beaune told the Sunday weekly. In the days ahead, both sides would have to decide whether to continue negotiating in the belief a deal is within reach or accept the end-result is a no deal, Beaune said. British talk that a deal could be ratified by all parties in a day was not realistic, he added. Beaune reiterated France’s willingness to use its veto if it deemed any eventual deal to be bad.

Source: bd News24 December 05, 2020 22:52 UTC