France threatens to cut power to Jersey amid deepening row over fishing rights
Maritime affairs minister says she is ‘revolted’ by Britain's post-Brexit licence allocation for fishing boats and France is ready to retaliate
05 May 2021 - 20:42
France’s maritime minister suggested that her government could cut off electricity supplies to the British island of Jersey, amid a deepening row between France and the UK over post-Brexit fishing rights.
Annick Girardin said she was “revolted” when she found out that Jersey had granted 41 fishing licences that included conditions and specific criteria that were “decided unilaterally and without explanation”. The island just off the northwest coast of Brittany is a self-governing dependency of the British crown that imports about 95% of its electricity from France through undersea cables...
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