France rejects blame for Dover gridlock, saying it is 'not responsible for Brexit'

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

France rejects blame for Dover gridlock, saying it is ‘not responsible for Brexit’

Travellers told to allow three to four hours to pass through security and French border checks at port

Miranda Bryant and Jon Henley
Sat 23 Jul 2022 13.03 EDT
First published on Sat 23 Jul 2022 07.56 EDT

French authorities have hit back at claims by the Port of Dover that French border control staff were to blame for a second day of hours-long delays, saying: “France is not responsible for Brexit.”

It came after the port blamed delays on insufficient border staff at police aux frontières.

The French transport minister – and the former Europe minister – Clément Beaune tweeted on Saturday afternoon that French authorities were “mobilised to control our borders and facilitate traffic as much as possible”.

Beaune, a close ally of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said he had had a “constructive” exchange with his British counterpart Grant Shapps over the issue.

-snip-

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/23/dover-travel-chaos-border-gridlock-brexit

[Takket]

1. The UK voted for Brexit. Don't complain now that there are consequences for it!

You can't have EU advantages if you aren't in the EU

[Grokenstein]

4. Brexiteers: "All I want is what's coming to me! All I want is my fair share!!"

"Sunlit uplands! 'Rule Britannia!' To crush our enemies, see them driven before us, and to hear the lamentation of their women! NOT unlit slumlands, 'rue Britain,' or to be crushed and driven before our enemies to the laughter of their women!"

"I WANNA DO-OVER!"
"What would you do differently?"
"NOTHING! BUT SURELY THE RESULTS WOULD BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME!!"

[JohnQFunk]

2. France should get extra troll-y and...

... rename that point of entry the "Boris Johnson Customs and Entry Checkpoint".

[yonder]

3. I like it

[OnDoutside]

5. Dover looked for 33m to improve facilities in preparation for

Brexit, and they were given £33k. Hence this shitshow.

Controlling their border....lol

[Richard_GB]

6. Wish me luck

In 10 minutes I am leaving for the Eurotunnel in Folkestone.

[Emrys]

8. Good luck!

Keep us posted whenever you can.

[Richard_GB]

9. Yesterday I spent 6 hours at Folkstone

Between joining the queue for the euro tunnel and driving onto the train. Now however I have easy access to Belgium beer.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. But the brains trust assured us nothing could go wrong!

Link to tweet