France blames Brexit for delays at Dover and Folkestone and says UK should join the Schengen zone
François Decoster, vice president of the Haute-de-France region, which includes Calais, said: "Brexit means we must do new controls.
The former foreign secretary said the French government is not willing to cooperate because they are "furious about Brexit and they are furious with Boris". "There's a lack of willingness in the French government to be cooperative with Britain in any way at all," he told LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast.
"He said he hopes when a new prime minister is in place in September it can be the "start of something different".Travel chaos erupted at Folkestone over the weekend, with some families sitting in queues for 21 hours.Jack Cousens, head of roads policy for the AA, said: "This has been an incredible weekend of traffic jams into Dover and Folkestone, and holidaymakers will have been frustrated and angry at the delays.
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