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By vetoing the deal, does that mean they cannot fish in UK water as opposite to be given a tiny pittance of UK water under a deal? (Which tbh is pretty shit as we barely have enough fishing industry to compensate).
Then again, it mean fish and mammals will thrive either way, weirdly a positive outcome.
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By vetoing the deal, does that mean they cannot fish in UK water as opposite to be given a tiny pittance of UK water under a deal?
That's my understanding. WTO rules mean the UK gets back its territorial fishing rights. Unfortunately that's not really an industry that's going to make up for everything else lost.
If I was still teaching political science I'd use this in a game theory lesson and get my Nash equilibrium on.
I very much hope that a deal will be struck this weekend, but it would be really interesting to see the future of internal EU politics if France veto'd a deal due to national fishing interests and fucked over the rest of the bloc (yes, I know the UK would be more fucked).