Paris urges stronger action from EU in fishing dispute with UK

France on Tuesday urged stronger action from the EU in a dispute with Britain over post-Brexit fishing licences, saying bilateral cooperation between London and Paris could also be at risk.

Prime Minister Jean Castex said he had asked the EU Commission for a tougher stance and "if that does not work we will go the (Brexit deal) arbitration panel to get the British to keep their word and, more broadly, we will question all the conditions of the implementation of accords with the EU and also, if necessary, the bilateral cooperation we have with the UK."