France Threatens to Cut Power to Jersey Over Fisheries Spat

British island imports about 95% of electricity from France
Minister says conditions for French vessels are ‘unacceptable’

Photographer: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

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By Ania Nussbaum

May 4, 2021 at 8:50 PM UTC

Updated on

May 5, 2021 at 10:17 AM UTC

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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 U.K. over post-Brexit fishing rights.