Since the United States, Britain and Australia reached the new AUKUS military partnership, France's disputes with these three countries have almost never stopped. After the United States and Britain promised to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, the Australian side subsequently tore up the large submarine order signed with France worth more than 60 billion US dollars, causing huge losses to the French side. French President Emmanuel Macron could not swallow this breath, recalled the French ambassadors to the United States and Australia in one breath, canceled the commemoration of World War II between the United States and France, and told Australia "not to think about signing a free trade agreement with the European Union." After that, the United States and Australia tried their best to save it, and the French side slowly lost its temper. But then, France got into a fight with Britain over fishing problems and directly detained a British fishing boat. After that, the fishery dispute between the two sides escalated, and France fought against the United Kingdom after the perfect Australia, and has "three chapters of the law" against London.
According to the Global Network reported on October 29, the fishery dispute between Britain and France is still escalating, after France seized its own fishing boat, the United Kingdom directly summoned the French ambassador to the United Kingdom to "ask for guilt" in the case of ineffective consultation. British Foreign Secretary Traus said we summoned the French ambassador to explain "what the threat that France is making to us" means. And the French side did not budge, and the French European minister Born even said, "Now is the time for us to speak with strength."
Observations have found that the "fishing dispute" between Britain and France is a "tail" left behind after Brexit, because "fishing rights" have always been a point of contention between the United Kingdom and the European Union. At first, the United Kingdom did not allow EU countries to fish in British waters, but the European Union also threatened trade and energy supplies, for britain, an isolated overseas island is of course less than supplies, so the two sides reached a compromise, to fish in British waters, need to issue a license from the British side.
So, why did the fishing dispute between EU countries and the United Kingdom start from Britain and France first? This is mainly due to the close proximity of the two countries, especially an island called Jersey, which, although nearly 14 nautical miles off the coast of France, is a British possession. Therefore, French fishermen who go fishing in nearby waters need to apply for a license from the British side, but the British side is not willing to issue more. As early as May this year, the two sides clashed as a result. Both countries deployed gunboats, and britain even said it was "ready for battle."
As a result, France, which was already angry because of the loss of the submarine order by the alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia, was even more unforgiving, and directly treated London with "three chapters of the law." If the British side does not compromise, it will ban all British ships from entering French ports; second, strict inspection of British seafood, which does not rule out the landing of seafood; third, if the conflict escalates, trade between the two sides will be interrupted from November 2 and energy supply to Britain will be cut off.
These points have actually taken the British "seven inches", and it is not difficult to see from the map that Britain's exports or supplies are basically dependent on France. When the "Delta" virus first broke out in the United Kingdom this year, the European Union had directly closed the border to the United Kingdom, and it did not take long for the United Kingdom to have a food supply cut, and France is not only the main food supply country in the United Kingdom, but also the main power supply country in the United Kingdom.
Speaking of which, it is also an infighting between allies. On the one hand, the reason why the United Kingdom strongly demanded Brexit was that the EU took care of Germany and France too much, and its own contribution was large but the benefits were small, and it was completely "wronged", rather than this, it was better to be independent and "go it alone". Once the "family is separated", it does not want to provide any convenience to the EU, especially the "fishing rights", because the United Kingdom is an island country with huge territorial waters.
On the other hand, for France or the European Union, since the United Kingdom has left the European Union, it has little to do with itself. As a result, the free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the Eu is still unable to negotiate, and both sides do not want to make too much effort; when the epidemic is serious, the United Kingdom and the Eu are still quarreling over the supply of vaccines; especially after the United Kingdom and the United States and Australia reached a "new military partnership" relationship, the EU is even more indignant, believing that those English-speaking Anglo-Saese countries are the real allies, and the EU has been abandoned. As a result, while the EU was building up its own military forces, it re-introduced a new strategy toward the United States, and britain was relegated to the side of the United States by the European Union. This can be seen from the G7 meeting held in the United Kingdom this year, when there is no meeting, the United States and the United Kingdom are together, and the German, French and Italian leaders are together, and the boundaries are clear.