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Holidaymakers and truck drivers are waiting in lines that stretch for kilometers at the port of Dover, because of Brexit there will be more controls. But the foreign minister blames France. A high volume of travel and the additional border controls required due to Brexit have led to traffic jams spanning several kilometers on the way across the English Channel to France. Unions, port authorities and French authorities agreed on Saturday that the main reason for this was Britain's exit from the EU. The ferry company P&O Ferries said that car and truck drivers sometimes had to calculate more than six hours for the way to the port and through the security checks. Russia And Ukraine Seal An Agreement To Unblock Grain Trade But British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss sees the blame elsewhere: The French border authorities are understaffed, said Truss, who is applying to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The government in Paris must do something "to solve the terrible situation ...

In the dispute over fishing licenses between France and Great Britain, French fishermen have blocked ports. With this they want to prevent exports to Great Britain. French fishermen have temporarily blocked several ports and the access to the Channel Tunnel in Calais in the dispute with Great Britain over the issue of fishing licenses. The ferry traffic was interrupted for an hour at a time.  The ports of Calais, Saint-Malo and Ouistreham were affected on Friday. When the access to the terminal for the railway channel tunnel was blocked in the afternoon, trucks jammed in the motorway lanes. "We are blocking exports, everything that comes from France and the European Union to England, above all to reach the British people so that they understand what is going on here," said the regional chairman of the fisheries association, Olivier Leprêtre.  "Since January 1st, the British have had access to the European market and we have no access to water, as was signed in the contra...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to suspend parts of the Brexit agreement again. France sees this as "not a good sign of Great Britain's credibility". In the dispute over fishing rights, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized Great Britain. "If you spend years negotiating a contract and then a few months later doing the opposite of what was decided in the areas that are the least suitable for you, that is not a good sign of credibility," Macron told Financial Times. France and Great Britain have been fighting over fishing rights since Great Britain left the EU. They accuse each other of violating the Brexit trade agreement concluded late last year on fishing licenses in British waters. France accuses the UK of not granting enough fishing permits to French vessels. As of Tuesday, France wants to tighten controls on British fishing trawlers and impose a ban on British ships to unload seafood in French ports. As a result, Great Britain threatened ret...

At 11pm local time, Britain stopped following EU rules and was replaced by new rules on travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that with the completion of Bridget's long journey, Britain had got its hands on freedom and had the ability to do things "differently and better" French President Emmanuel McChrystal said Britain was still a "friend and ally". British ministers have warned that there will be some difficulties in the coming days and weeks as new rules come into force and British companies trading with other European countries will have to adapt to the changes. People are worried that they may face difficulties at the border, but officials say the new border system is "ready for implementation." The people of the United Kingdom voted in favor of secession from the European Union in the Bridget referendum in 2016, and on 31 January 2020, Britain seceded from the 27-member political and economic blo...