In this episode of La Loupe, we dissect the commercial battle in the narrow sea passage between Calais and Dover with Béatrice Mathieu, senior reporter at L’Express.
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The team: Charlotte Baris (presentation), Mathias Penguilly (writing), Léa Bertrand (editing) and Jules Krot (directing).
Credits: SkyNews, LCP
Music and dressing: Emmanuel Herschon / Studio Torrent
Image credits: Daniel LEAL / AFP
Logo: Anne-Laure Chapelain / Benjamin Chazal
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Charlotte Baris: Today I am taking you to one of the busiest maritime routes in the world. Around 600 ships pass there every day. It is a veritable highway for the transport of goods and people. A vital interface, for our commercial exchanges, in particular. Some of you may have recognized it, it is the narrow passage between Calais and Dover, in the English Channel.
This strip of sea of approximately 35 km is the scene of a life-size naval battle. On one side, French shipping companies like Brittany Ferries and DFDS. Opposite, their competitors from neighboring countries, such as the English P&O or the Irish Irish Ferries. Since 2020 – and the signing of the final Brexit agreement – the accounts of French companies have been sinking, to the benefit of their Anglo-Saxon rivals, who transport ever more goods and passengers. The situation is untenable; the survival of the French companies is directly threatened, and with them, the employment of thousands of sailors.
I advise you to hang on to your life jackets: in this episode of La Loupe, we tell you about this intense naval battle. And believe me, the waves of the English Channel can be very rough.
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