authorities have seized a British boat that lacked a license to operate in French waters and have

blocking British boats from French ports and ramping up custom checks on British truckers entering

withhold licences to fish in British waters under a post-Brexit deal. The fishermen held aloft red

of small French fishing boats.... READ MORE: Brexit LIVE: Von der Leyen scrabbles to unite bloc amid

France is demanding that skippers, not boats, be handed fishing licences for British waters as the

with taxes on exports of British fish to the bloc, or by denying UK boats access to EU waters.In

dispute over fishing licences. Cyrille Fournier, the deputy prosecutor of Le Havre, where the boat was

The fishing boat had two crew members from Taiwan and three from Indonesia, officials said

Referring directly to Brexit, the Prime Minister said: “ I don’t believe that is compatible either with the spirit or the letter of the Withdrawal Agreement of the TradeandCooperation Agreementandthat’s probably all I’ll say about that.” In turn, Mr Macron said: “ I don’t want escalation.... I don’t want to have to use retaliation measures because that wouldn’t help ourfishermen.” Mr Macronsaid Paris had offered proposals to Londonand “ now the ball is in Britain’s court ”.... He was immediate

Referring directly to Brexit, the Prime Minister said: “ I don’t believe that is compatible either with the spirit or the letter of the Withdrawal Agreement of the TradeandCooperation Agreementandthat’s probably all I’ll say about that.” In turn, Mr Macron said: “ I don’t want escalation.... I don’t want to have to use retaliation measures because that wouldn’t help ourfishermen.” Mr Macronsaid Paris had offered proposals to Londonand “ now the ball is in Britain’s court ”.... He was immediate