Minister Luis Planas speaking at the Europa Press informative breakfast.
Minister says Spain is ready to minimize 'Brexit' impact in fisheries sector
SPAIN
Saturday, January 19, 2019, 00:10 (GMT + 9)
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, ensures that in case no agreement is reached for Brexit, both the European Union (EU) and Spain will be prepared.
Speaking at the Europa Press informative breakfast, the minister stressed that the Government of Spain is working to provide security to citizens and is prepared to minimize the impact of "Brexit" on the agri-food and fisheries sector.
Minister Luis Planas at different times of negotiation of the Brexit issue in Brussels
In fact, he said that the Government has been preparing its Contingency Plan for months in case of leaving the United Kingdom without an agreement, in order to preserve national interests and face possible scenarios.
In this context, Planas said that the fisheires sector will receive special attention, due to its importance for Spain. And he said that measures that will be taken if necessary, both from the EU and those of national competence, will go in the direction of defending the interests of the Spanish and Community fleet.
The website accessed through the portal of La Moncloa (Spanish Government) tries to be a "web of websites" in which Spanish and British citizens can find all the information they need with the most frequent questions and the doubts of most of the citizens. With a tab on "How to prepare" with information for both citizens and companies
Likewise, the minister pointed out that, given the possible distortions in trade between Spain and the United Kingdom in the agricultural and food sector, it would be necessary to support the Spanish export sectors, strengthen the promotion of their products in third countries and continue to open new ones markets
He also stressed that fisheries sustainability is another "very important" aspect, and that it will have an additional EUR 11.3 million.
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