Calais Mayor Urges to Reconsider Border Deal Between France, Britain

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The mayor of French port city of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, urged to revise the bilateral agreement between Britain and France on border control rules known as the Treaty of Le Touquet following the British decision to leave the European Union, media said.

Since 2003, a bilateral agreement between Britain and France provides for juxtaposed border controls for cross-channel ferry routes from France to Britain. The agreement allows for the stationing of British border security at northern French ferry terminals.

"The British must take the consequences of their choice… We are in a strong position to push, to press this request for a review and we are asking the President [Francois Hollande] to bring his weight [to the matter]," Bouchart was quoted as saying by the BBC.

On Thursday, a nationwide referendum was held in Britain in which 51.9 percent of the voters said they were in favor of Brexit (UK leaving the EU). The United Kingdom still needs to formally notify the European Union of its intention to leave the bloc. After that, it has two years to negotiate the terms of its divorce.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, who had urged his country to vote against Brexit, said on Friday that he was resigning and that his successor was likely to be appointed by October, although no precise timetable has been set yet.