Fishing industry urges Starmer to 'hold nerve' in UK-EU pact talks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Starmer said he was "confident" that the summit at Lancaster House in London on Monday would mark a fresh chapter in UK-EU relations after the traumas of Brexit, with both sides set to agree a security and defence partnership.
56% : The EU meanwhile wants the UK to signal in Monday's summit communiqué that it is willing to look at an ambitious youth mobility deal, including for students.
50% : Cohen said EU fishermen take around £500mn of fish each year from UK waters under a post-Brexit deal that comes up for renewal in 2026.
47% : Cohen said that by linking a veterinary deal to a long-term fish agreement, the EU was hoping to make the fisheries arrangement "permanent" because no British government would want to give up better trading arrangements for foodstuffs.
46% : He told the Financial Times that Starmer should resist pressure from the EU to lock in current access arrangements to British waters.
43% : EU negotiators have argued that unless Britain agrees to a long-term fisheries deal, they will not cede to London on an agrifood veterinary deal, which would smooth trade in foodstuffs, including fish and shellfish, as well as animals.
40% : Both sides recognise that haggling over fish is "irrational", according to one EU official, when war is raging on the European continent.
37% : Already Starmer is being accused by the Conservatives of being "a supplicant" for seeking a deal that would require the UK to follow some rules set in Brussels and continue to allow EU fishermen access to its waters.

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