It comes after French maritime minister Annick Girardin threatened to cut electricity to the self-governing island of Jersey — which is off the coast of France and receives 95% of its electricity from there.
Two British offshore patrol vessels will be sent to the island of Jersey"as a precautionary measure" amid an escalating row over fisheries with France, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Wednesday.
French local authorities also shut down their representation in the island's capital Saint Helier on Monday. "Regarding Jersey, I'll remind you, for example, of electricity transportation via undersea cable," Girardin said Tuesday."We have means at our disposal. And even if it'd be sad to get to that point, we'll get there if we must."
"Such complaints are taken very seriously, and the Government will respond in full," Gorst said."However, the Government of Jersey has acted on legal advice, in good faith, and with due regard to non-discriminatory and scientific principles at every stage of these proceedings." The UK and EU reached a post-Brexit trade agreement on December 24, which came into force on January 1 when Britain left the EU's single market and customs union.
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