Reports are emerging that are suggesting that the EU is set to shift its stance on fisheries in talks with Britain next week when talks restart. If these reports are correct then it would be the first major concession from the bloc in talks on the future relationship between the two. after
Fishing appears to be a central issue in these talks. Fisheries are politically sensitive for France and the EU is maintaining that it would not seal a new trade deal with Britain without an agreement on that issue.
Britain wants to unwind the current fishing arrangements and emerge as a newly independent coastal state- meaning it is in control of its waters and fish. The EU has so far sought to secure an agreement broadly similar to current arrangements. However, an EU official quoted by Reuters has said There have been hints of a possible reconciliation. We would be looking to shift on demands to keep everything as is now, a somewhat maximalist opening position, if the UK also moved from its position of coastal attachment. That’s where the room for compromise lies”.
In addition to this, an EU diplomat has said that the EU’s executive Commission wants to seek a compromise on fisheries in talks next week. This diplomat said : “Our opening line of keeping the current terms is impossible to uphold. We’d be looking to some narrowing of the positions”.
Fisheries have been a major stumbling blocs in the talks to date and it is widely expected that, if the current impasse is not broken during the talks which start next Monday 1st of June, then the talks are likely to be all but over.
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