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Vegetables are among the foods that can be in short supply for three months starting in the New Year, writes the Sunday Times. Emergency services believe that a hard Brexit will trigger panic buying and hoarding on a massive scale.
There were five miles of trucks lining up in the port city of Dover on Friday. On the French side of the canal, near Calais, the queue for trucks was 15 kilometers.
The fault of the queue in Dover is that the chains have ordered many products for their warehouses.
The selection of fresh food may be less in British stores after the New Year. This photo is from a supermarket in Watford on the outskirts of London.
Photo: SUZANNE PLUNKETT / Reuters / NTB
Will ensure vaccines and medications
According to the Sunday Times, the Boris Johnson government has asked providers of vaccines, drugs and medical equipment to have six-week supplies in safe cities in the UK.
The Sunday Telegraph has been informed that the government is working on a package for industries that will be particularly affected in the event that there is no agreement with the EU.
Fishermen, sheep farmers and car manufacturers are among those who can benefit from the support package, which will amount to a city between 8 and 10 billion pounds. This corresponds to between 93 billion and 116 billion crowns.
Several kilometer queues of trucks transporting goods to and from the UK.
Photo: Frank Augstein / AP
Prime Minister Johnson says that negotiations with the EU will most likely be unsuccessful and that the UK will exit the EU without a deal, the so-called “hard Brexit.
The British have seen four British warships on standby. Trawlers from EU countries have been ordered to detain from 1 January if they try to enter the British fishing zone. In some extreme cases, warships can escort foreign fishing vessels to the nearest port. This has evoked memories of the cod war in the 1970s and sparked strong reactions.
Contact through the night
The parties have given each other until Sunday to see if they will continue the negotiations. The transition period expires on New Years. On Saturday night, a British government source said the EU offer remains unacceptable, but talks are moving forward.
The British flag is still associated with the EU flag outside the Commission in Brussels.
Photo: FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS / AFP / NTB
According to Sky News, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission Leader Ursula von der Leyen will continue the talks on Sunday. Although the negotiations were officially closed on Saturday, several negotiators have stayed in contact overnight, the website writes.
The BBC writes that Britain must be prepared for several problems in case there is no trade deal with the EU:
- Prices may go up, amongst other things for cars and dairy products, when new tariffs are imposed on imports / exports from / to the EU. Without a trade agreement, trade must comply with the international rules of the WTO.
- Tighter border control can lead to long lines for trucks at the border.
- The food selection in stores may be less because fresh food is especially exposed. If they are to be picked up in other cities by plane, prices will go up.
- British exports of fresh fish to the EU may be in trouble.
- Different standards for food and packaging can lead to British products being detained at the EU border.
- Security collaboration and data sharing can be more difficult. The UK may lose access to the European fingerprint and criminal record databases.
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