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French anger at UK sewage dumped in sea
French politicians claim raw sewage being dumped into the Channel and North Sea by the UK is affecting French coastline, fishermen and the “health of citizens”.
Three members of the En Marche party claim dumping sewage into the sea is “contrary” to the UK’s environmental commitments.
They have called on the Commissioner for the Environment to intervene.
Pierre Karleskind, Nathalie Loiseau et Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - who all belong to French President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-EU En Marche party - have shared an open letter.
They said since leaving the EU, the UK has exempted itself from its environmental requirements in terms of water quality.
“Yet a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and a contracting party to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the United Kingdom is committed to preserving the seas that surround it and that we share!” the letter said.
Meanwhile Ms Yon-Courtin, member of the Fisheries Commission and Regional Councilor of Normandy, said “repeated negligence” of the UK’s wastewater management was “seriously” endangering the environment, economic activity of French fishermen and the health of its citizens.
“The English Channel and the North Sea are not dumping grounds,” she said.
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