Michel Barnier has admitted Britain “won” the “situation” over fisheries in post-Brexit trade talks between the EU and UK.
Brussels’ former chief negotiator said the UK had “regained sovereignty over their waters” and that it was “reasonable” to say “the British have won over the current situation”.
Speaking to the Times magazine on Saturday, Mr Barnier said the two nations could continue having a healthy relationship if the “treaty is applied correctly, in good faith, by both sides”.
It comes as reports suggest around two-thirds of lorries travelling from the UK to the EU via Calais and Dunkirk have nothing in them, according to new figures in a blow to Boris Johnson.
An average of 3,400 lorries a day travelled from the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel in France – but 65 per cent were empty of goods, according to figures from the Prefecture Hauts-de-France et du Nord, first cited by ITV News.
Meanwhile, the prime minister attempts to deal with growing support for the so-called indyref2 – a vote for Scottish independence. Support for independence averages 54 per cent in the opinion polls, boosted by Brexit and coronavirus.
