Paris: England and France are in Loggerheads again on fishing rights in British channels, leading Paris to warn about potential reply steps that can affect energy and trade.
In the latest post-Brexit disputes between the two countries, France urged the British government to allow more small French ships to fish in British territorial waters.
England announced Tuesday that it only approved 12 of the 47 new license applications.
The authorities on Jersey Island also rejected Wednesday’s license application from 75 French ships to operate in his waters.
Jersey, which is only 14 miles (22 kilometers) from the French coast, is the dependency of the British crown outside the UK thus, he has its own strength in connection with who is allowed to fish in his territorial waters.
The rejection of the license pushed anger from the French authority.
“This decision is truly unacceptable and unacceptable,” said French government spokesman Gabriel Attal Wednesday.
France considered restrictions contrary to the post-Brexit agreement signed by the British government with the European Union.
French Maritime Minister Annick Girardin said France and the EU would work on the potential of “Revenge Steps” for the next two weeks unless Britain provided a way to solve disputes quickly.
Paris considered the steps that would involve energy and trade, as well as train connections and British students living in France, said Girardin after a meeting with representatives of fishing.
He asked other European countries to show solidarity “because of what France did now, some others will pass it too.” Romain Davodet, a fisherman from Carteret, in Normandy, said that 37% of the licenses requested by definitive French applicants were given.
“It’s not normal,” he said.
Because England left the EU economic orbit at the beginning of the year, the relationship between London and Paris had become increasingly obsolete.
Fishing Spat came a few weeks after Paris left angrily by the Australian decision to cancel the multibilion-dollar command for French submarines following the new defense pact with England and the previous US months, France threatened to cut electricity supply to jersey, which received 95% of the electricity from France.
At that time, dozens of French ships surround the main port of the island, St.
Helier.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson even sent two Royal Navy patrol boats to Jersey.
The concern is that the latest decisions of Jersey can cause something similar happens again.
A more detailed view on Jersey’s decision showed the island government gave 64 licenses of the 170 French boats applied.
31 other vessels receive a temporary license to give them more time to prove that they have a fishing trail record in Jersey waters and meet with Jersey’s interpretation of the UK-EU trade agreement.
The boat is not given a license given 30 days to get out of jersey waters.
“We will continue to have an open door for further data and evidence of fishing activities, including for ships that have been considered, and we hope to work collaboratively to resolve the remaining complex problems,” Minister of External Relations Jersey, Ian Gorst, said.
On Tuesday, the British government also said it would also consider further evidence supplied to support the remaining French license application.