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"Battle of Jersey": fishing rights trigger a Franco-British naval confrontation

2021-05-07T22:18:44.680Z


STORY - About fifty French boats converged on the island on Thursday to denounce the restrictions imposed by the British after Brexit.


Correspondent in London

The spirits of the Franco-English wars floated on the misty waters of Jersey on Thursday.

Recalling those hours when the kings of England and France fought over the island so strategically placed in the English Channel, the ITV channel showed a man dressed in the ancient uniform of the local militia firing - blank - with a musket on the fleet French fishermen ... Boris Johnson had he not just called back to combat posts, by lashing the Royal Navy towards Anglo-Norman waters?

Beyond the folklore, four months after the entry into force of Brexit, fishing continues to be a tough sticking point.

And the weather for Franco-British relations is not very stable.

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There were people in front of the port of Saint-Hélier on Thursday morning.

A good fifty French fishing boats, first, from Normandy and Brittany to protest against the restrictions on access to Jersey waters.

Then, two British warships,

HMS

Deep Sea Patrol Vessels

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Source: lefigaro

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