The Independent 5 May 2021 - by Chiara Giordano
France has threatened to cut off Jersey’s electricity supply amid an ongoing row over post-Brexit fishing rights.
Maritime minister Annick Girdardin suggested the move during a speech in the French Parliament, warning Paris was ready to use “retaliatory measures” following claims French fishermen are being blocked from operating in the Channel Islands.
“I am sorry it has come to this [but] we will do so if we have to,” she said on Tuesday.
Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, relies on France for 95 per cent of its electricity supply, which is fed through three underwater cables.
