Its clash is with Canada, and concerns St Pierre &Miquelon, a group of tiny islands little more than 25km from Newfoundland that front onto a shelf blessed with oil deposits.

• 跟法国产生矛盾的是加拿大，争议在于圣皮埃尔和密克隆群岛。它由一群面积狭小的岛屿组成，距离纽芬兰不超过25公里，却位于一块探明有石油储藏的大陆架上。