The two countries have escalated a war of words over French fishermen’s access to UK waters, with Paris threatening to take retaliatory measures from Tuesday if more licences to fish are not issued.
The UK Government, meanwhile, has accused France of a “pattern” of behaviour against Britain, with Brexit supremo Lord David Frost warning that legal proceedings afforded under the EU trade agreement are being considered.
Previously Paris suggested it would restrict energy supplies to the UK and Jersey over the row.
However, amid the hardening rhetoric, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern – who released a landmark Government report in 2006 warning of a catastrophe if climate action was delayed – said the two countries needed to work together instead of arguing about a “comparatively trivial” issue.
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