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The French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, assured that France will not accept “an agreement at any price” with London on future relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union after Brexit.
“If we reach an agreement, we will review it. If it is not good and in accordance with our interests, mainly for fishermen, France, like any other Member State, can issue a veto“Beaune said in an interview published this Sunday by the weekly” Le Journal du Dimanche. “
The Secretary of State, very close to President Emmanuel Macron, considered the truce in the negotiations introduced by the European representative, Michel Barnier, to be appropriate, but warned that the deadlines should not pose a threat.
“We would be wrong if we kept the pressure on the timer. The Member States and the European Parliament need time to examine the agreement when it is reached and after it has been voted on.“, said.
In addition, he guaranteed, it would be necessary to explain it to companies in order to adapt to the new scenario, for which he considered it essential to move forward “in the coming days.”
“It is good to finalize an agreement or establish the ‘no agreement’. Because, in this case, it is better to know now than at Christmas. In the meantime, we have to prepare for both options.“, said.
Beaune acknowledged that the two main confrontations between London and the 27 are trade subsidies and fishing.
In the first case, the Secretary of State stressed that, with the agreement, the United Kingdom “would be the main commercial partner outside the EU”, for which he considered “normal that guarantees are requested that there will be no inadmissible dumping”.
On fishing, he guaranteed that “the British cannot, on the one hand, have access to the entire European single market and, on the other, exclude fishing from that group.
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