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Trade talks on Brexit with the EU remain stalled, despite only a few weeks left to secure a deal before the end of the transition period on December 31. The two parties cannot agree on several key points, including fishing rights. The EU wants an agreement to be reached in October so that it can be ratified before the end of the transition period. But Boris Johnson has been urged not to commit to fishing to push for a deal.
A survey by Express.co.uk, conducted from 11 a.m. M. A 9 p. M. On September 4, he asked: “Should the UK accept the same EU fisheries policy for a Brexit trade deal?”
The vast majority of the 12,568 respondents voted in favor.
Ninety-seven percent of readers (12,179 people) voted “no,” and only three percent (355 people) said “yes.”
Less than one percent (34 people) chose “I don’t know.”
Readers then took the comments to explain why they thought the UK negotiators should not accept the EU fishing demands.
One person wrote: “We handle our own affairs before the EU, and there is no doubt that we will once prosper away from the stalemate the organization now represents.”
Another said: “British fishermen will be given priority to fish in UK waters, a certain number of EU fishermen can fish in UK waters under license, with an annual charge in advance.
“The UK will have new patrol boats to control and fine or confiscate the boats of EU fishermen without a license.”
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“Nobody knows what the EU will look like in the near future, it goes without saying in the long term.”
One user wrote: “We sold our fishing communities once before, but no more, we will not give up an inch or a nautical mile.
“Our coastal communities need to rebuild again and we must support them, at all costs.
“So the EU finds fishing grounds elsewhere, and subsidizing the fishing industry in the EU does not violate its own rules.”
Another said: “This is not about the value of the industry (which will change), it is about teaching the EU that they cannot continue to apply a ‘Scorched Earth’ policy to our fishing stocks.”
One reader added: “Fishing and the so-called level playing field shouldn’t be compromised just to get a deal.
“Any role for the ECJ in the internal affairs of the UK would be a disaster.”
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