Macron’s re-election hopes may be driving Brexit fishing row, says Eustice

UK environment secretary accuses France of using inflammatory' rhetoric in escalating dispute

Emmanuel Macron's hopes of being re-elected president may be driving the diplomatic row with France over post-Brexit access to Britain's fishing waters, the UK's environment secretary has claimed.

George Eustice accused Paris of using inflammatory" rhetoric in an escalating dispute over a shortfall in licences for French fishing vessels seeking to operate in the coastal waters of the UK and Jersey.