On Thursday 6 May the European Commission called on France and the United Kingdom to return to “calm” in Jersey and to avoid increasing the tensions currently surrounding the implementation of the fisheries part of the EU-London Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
But it considers that new requirements from London for the granting of fishing licences “do not respect” the terms of the agreement just ratified by the European Parliament (see EUROPE B12708A7).
Tensions have risen sharply...