EU hints at a Brexit 'energy blockade' - but power blackouts are a hollow threat
The TelegraphThe EU has threatened to cut off “top-up access” to European electricity and gas pipelines in the case of a no-deal Brexit, raising the risk of supply squeeze during peak winter demand and potentially a halt to flows in an extreme scenario. There is now an overt linkage between full fishing access to UK waters and the continuation of normal energy flows through the interconnectors, even though the issues have nothing in common and even though energy supply is a sensitive matter of national security and would normally be off limits in such talks. “We don’t see why we should automatically give the UK this additional top-up in access to our electricity markets when they refuse to agree to level playing field commitments or give our fishermen access to fishing opportunities, worth a lot less economically,” said an EU official close to the talks. This echoes a tit-for-tat threat last month by France’s Emmanuel Macron, who said he would clamp down on energy flows if European and French fishermen do not get bigger quotas in UK waters.
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