Boris Johnson set for tense showdown with Emmanuel Macron in furious fishing row
THE UK is set for a tense showdown with France next week as Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron continue to battle it out over post-Brexit fishing rights.
High-level post-Brexit talks next week are set to discuss the dispute that erupted around Jersey last month, prompting a tense stand-off between the UK and France. Boris Johnson is set to face down Emmanuel Macron over Jersey amid an ongoing dispute over licences and rights to use the waters around the island. In early May, French fishermen blockaded Jersey in a furious protest about not being granted access to fish the waters around Jersey.
The blockade saw 60 French vessels surround the island's St Helier port which forced the Government to dispatch two Royal Navy ships to patrol the waters.
