Jersey rejects 75 French fishing applications, once again raising tensions over disputed fishing rights off Jersey. France condemns the move as French fishermen threaten to impose either a "blockade" of ports, or of lorries travelling to the United Kingdom via the Channel tunnel, as retaliation. 2021-09-29
France sends two patrol boats, the "Athos" and "Le Themis", to Jersey in response to the British deployment of the HMS "Severn" and the HMS "Tamar" to Jersey. The dispute arose after French fishermen threatened to blockade the port of Saint Helier in protest of a new system for obtaining fishing permits. 2021-05-6
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. 2018-01-18
The Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Norman conquest of England, is to be displayed in the United Kingdom for the first time after French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to loan it out for the first time in 950 years. Subject to the outcome of tests, the loan is expected to happen somewhere after 2020. 2018-01-17