Macron Goes Fishing

American Thinker.com ^ | NJovember 27, 2021 | Michael Curtis

[Kaslin]

French President Emmanuel Macron is embroiled in a dispute with Britain over French fishing boats and permits. The dispute is related to the Brexit arrangement between the UK and the EU by which EU nations need permits to fish in UK waters. Several permits have been given to French fishing boats, but the French want more. Macron has insisted on continuing the fight to get licenses in British territorial waters, 6-12 nautical miles off the UK shores and in the sea off the Jersey coast. The issue is complicated by the fact that Jersey has granted only temporary licenses while the negotiations continue, but France insists they must be permanent. “We did not get what we wanted. They are playing with our nerves.” Macron has been adamant, “we are going to continue to fight. We will not abandon our fishermen.”

French fishermen, not satisfied by Macron, are unhappy at the announcement by French maritime minister Annick Girardin that the government was preparing a rescue plan of more than 60 million euros, in essence a financial compensation package, for owners of boats remaining in port. On the other hand, Jersey insists that French fishermen were already making catches of fish in its waters.

On November 3, 2021, a French court freed a British trawler impounded in the quarrel between the two countries over fishing rights. It overturned an earlier demand that the British captain pay a 150,000 euro bond, since the trawler had been caught fishing for scallops in French territorial waters without a proper license.

Paris says the UK was denying fishing licenses to which they were entitled. France threatened to ban UK fishing boats from unloading in French ports.

[MAGAthon]

27 Nov: Yahoo: France delays Caribbean health jab mandate
France has postponed implementing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers in Martinique and Guadeloupe after the measure spurred widespread protests on the French territories...
Compulsory vaccinations for health workers, a measure already introduced on the French mainland, had fuelled resentment among the islands’ majority black population...

The French health ministry said in a statement after a crisis government meeting on Friday that it had decided to postpone to December 31 “finalising the implementation of the vaccine mandate” in Martinique and Guadeloupe.
It had put those who refused inoculation on unpaid leave but now says it will give those suspended more time for individual “dialogue” with their managers while still getting paid.

Some on the islands have called the mandate a throwback to France’s slavery era, insisting that they should be allowed to make their own choices about health treatment.
The French government meeting came as the riots in Martinique were still ongoing, a source close to the French overseas minister said...

Journalists from French television, news and photo agencies were attacked on Thursday night, media group Altice said in a statement, confirming earlier remarks by the minister.
One police officer was seriously injured and needed surgery, local authorities said...
https://au.news.yahoo.com/france-delays-caribbean-health-jab-194241558.html

[jmacusa]

Maybe the Frenchies ought to do a Mers El-Kabir in reverse.