France is aiming to block a post-Brexit financial services pact between the UK and the EU over a row about fishing rights.
It has not even been five months since the end of the Brexit transition period and there have been armed patrol vessels in the Channel.
At Least the Nazis Kept the Lights On’ Brexit Amnesia Airbrushes Out Genocide in the Channel Islands
10/05/2021
Yesterday the Channel Islands celebrated Liberation Day. Ben Gidley explains the grim realities of starving islanders and concentration camps.
Brexit Republic - La Grande Illusion
07/05/2021
Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin is joined by London Correspondent Sean Whelan on the Brexit vibes in elections in Scotland and England and by Europe Editor Tony Connelly on the latest round of naval gazing off the Jersey coast and his first impressions of Michel Barnier's impressions of the DUP as revealed in his new book.
Their families have been fishing here for decades but despite promises of frictionless trade, the market for their fish is disappearing
THE BBC has come under fire after a Question Time audience member said the Royal Navy’s only mistake in the Jersey fishing row was “not sinking the ships”.
Senator Gorst said: “It’s entirely to do with Brexit, because historically we’ve had a fishing deal with France, but that all came to an end with the new trade deal that was negotiated post Brexit.”
The European Commission has said that Jersey's new regime for controlling fishing in its waters has broken the UK-EU Brexit deal.
Gunboats patrolling Jersey’s waters was avoidable, yet the fracas with France is one of many Brexit-related issues plaguing the fishing industry, David Hencke and Sian Norris report.
Jersey minister: 'We absolutely knew post-Brexit arrangements would cause difficulties' [1 min]
06/05/2021
Jersey's External Relations Minister Ian Gorst tells LBC he "absolutely knew" post-Brexit arrangements would cause difficulties with tensions escalating as the fishing row continues.
Licences for French boats do not meet terms of deal agreed by Boris Johnson, says Brussels.
French warship arrives in Jersey after Royal Navy sent in over fishermen’s post-Brexit blockade threat
06/05/2021
Tensions escalated as French military boat Athos arrived this morning, while two Royal Navy ships watched a flotilla of French fishing boats as they protest over fishing rights.
French minister raises electricity supply as point of leverage in dispute over access to UK waters.
The French government warned Tuesday that it was weighing reprisals after Britain set new rules governing access for French fishing boats near the Channel Islands, the latest skirmish in a deepening post-Brexit dispute.
France has called on the European Commission to intervene after rejecting Britain’s provisional changes to fishing licences under the Brexit agreement, which would affect fishing rights in the Channel Islands.
The French government on Monday lashed out at new regulations which Britain has declared for fishing in its waters near the Channel Islands, deeming them "null and void" in a deepening post-Brexit row.
"Today’s mafias are moving among countries and continents, and where they find weakness in international cooperation, they exploit that opportunity.”
A MEETING between the government and fishermen held to try to find a way of resolving Brexit-related fishing difficulties failed to produce a solution.
Will the ‘significant impact’ of Brexit reduce need for migration controls? - Jersey Evening Post
25/02/2021
THE ‘significant’ impact of Brexit on workers coming into the Island should be considered before additional migration controls are introduced, the Hospitality Association has said in an open letter to States Members.
European parliament agrees to add British overseas territories to post-Brexit tax haven blacklist
25/01/2021
MEPs have voted to add British overseas territories such as the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, and Jersey to its post-Brexit tax havens blacklist.
The UK government has received approval from the House of Lords to negotiate over fishing rights in Crown dependency waters without their consent.
"There is no reason to extend parts of the UK Fisheries Bill to Jersey." - Senator Ian Gorst (Jersey) [2 mins]
15/10/2020
'There is no reason to extend parts of the UK Fisheries Bill to Jersey. The inclusion of a Permissive Extent Clause is unwanted and completely unnecessary. Jersey remains in full control of its fisheries legislation and territorial waters.'
The Government and its partner organisations, will be hosting a 2 day public event on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 October 2020, to advise Islanders and businesses how to prepare for the end of the Brexit Transition Period.