Fourteen countries likely to take tough stance in future talks about fisheries if access to UK waters does not improve
Fourteen EU member states are preparing to issue a joint declaration accusing the British government of risking “significant economic and social damage” to their fishing communities, as wider relations appeared close to breaking point.
In the statement seen by the Guardian, France, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Cyprus, Portugal, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden, Malta and Latvia will call for the UK to act “in the spirit and the letter” of the Brexit deal struck last Christmas Eve.
