French threat to cut off Jersey's electricity over post-Brexit fishing is 'disproportionate', senior Jersey politician says
A French government threat to cut off Jersey's electricity over a post-Brexit fishing dispute is "disproportionate", a senior Jersey politician has said.
A spokeswoman said it took French complaints over the terms of the licensing agreement "very seriously" and would respond, but argued it had acted in "good faith" setting up the regime. "It would seem disproportionate to cut off electricity for the sake of needing to provide extra details so that we can refine the licences."
French authorities said "new technical measures" for fishing off the Channel Islands had not been communicated to the EU, rendering them "null and void".
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