Brexit news: EU transition deal will 'ERADICATE Britain’s fishing fleets'
European Union officials decided the terms of Britain’s transitional – also known as implementation – period in as little as two minutes when they sat down to discuss the deal on Tuesday. The European Commission’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier affirmed the UK would have to respect and abide by the European Union’s strict set of rules and regulations throughout the transition after March 2019. Throughout the period Britain will have to abide by the rules, but will no longer be able to have an influence on their decision-making process, according to Mr Barnier. He said: “The EU position is very clear, the transition will last for 21 months, until December 31, 2020.”
GETTY Brexit news: UK fishermen fear the EU transition could kill UK's fishing industry
The EU will be free to implement policy changes to our detriment Alan Hastings
But Fishing for Leave, which represents fishermen across the country, has warned Britain will be locked into “legal purgatory”. The group has called on Britain to push for an exemption of fisheries because they believe Brussels “could cull what is left of Britain’s fishing fleet allowing the EU to claim the surplus that Britain would no longer have the capacity to catch”. Fishing for Leave spokesman Alan Hastings said: “If we fail to break free from the Common Fisheries Policy the EU will be free to implement policy changes to our detriment. “We doubt the EU 27 would feel charitable to their political prisoner who has no representation but abundant fishing waters.”
Longtime campaigner John Ashworth said: “Our primary concerns is ‘Continuity of Rights’ under treaty law. “We have always been concerned that adoption of all EU law into the UK statute book could allow the EU to cite that rights acquired under the Acquis should continue to apply – the EU has stated this since its parliamentary briefing notes on Brexit in February 2016. “A transition period compounds this danger. As it is part of a deal after we leave the EU under Article 50 and it will have to be underwritten by a new transition treaty between the two parties. “Under the terms of the treaty, the UK will have agreed to re-obey the entire Acquis after we terminate our current membership.
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