The European Union is willing to shift its stance on fisheries in negotiations with Britain next week, sources said, in what would be the first major concession from the bloc in talks with London on their relationship after Brexit.
FILE PHOTO: Fishing boats take part in a Brexit flotilla, organised by Fishing For Leave, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Heppell/File Photo
But the EU has so far sought to keep the status quo, a demand an official with the bloc described as a “maximalist” starting point of negotiations. “We would be looking to shift on demands to keep everything as is now, a somewhat maximalist opening position, if the UK also moved from its position of coastal attachment. That’s where the room for compromise lies.”
“Our opening line of keeping the current terms is impossible to uphold,” the person said. “That is clearly unattainable so we’d be looking to some narrowing of the positions.”
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