Britain Blames France For English Channel Congestion

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 ...