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The oldest US ally has recalled its ambassadors to the US and Australia, in response to America’s recently announced national security partnership Australia and Great Briton.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French minister for Europe and foreign affairs, said Friday that the recall was made at the request of France\u2019s President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n
“This extraordinary decision reflects the exceptional seriousness of the announcements made on September 15 by Australia and the United States,” Le Drian said. “The abandonment of the ocean-class submarine project that Australia and France had been working on since 2016 and the announcement of a new partnership with the United States aimed at studying the possibility of future cooperation on nuclear-powered submarines constitute unacceptable behavior among allies and partners; their consequences affect the very concept we have of our alliances, our partnerships, and the importance of the Indo-Pacific for Europe.”<\/p>\n
Another unforced error by Biden\u2019s handlers that will further the damage already done.<\/p>\n
France\u2019s foreign minister has denounced what he called the \u201cduplicity, disdain and lies\u201d surrounding the sudden rupture of France\u2019s lucrative contract to make submarines for Australia in favor of a U.S. deal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n PARIS — France’s foreign minister on Saturday denounced what he callerd the \u201cduplicity, disdain and lies\u201d surrounding the sudden rupture of France’s lucrative contract to make submarines for Australia in favor of a U.S. deal and declared that a crisis is at hand among the Western allies.<\/p>\n A day after France recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian pummeled what he suggested was a backroom deal that betrayed France.<\/p>\n The recalling of its ambassadors \u201csignifies the force of the crisis today\u201d between the French government and Washington and Canberra, he said in an interview on France 2 television. He said it was the first time ever that France, the United States’ oldest ally, has recalled its ambassador to the U.S.<\/p>\n The announcement by President Joe Biden of the deal, alongside the leaders of Australia and Britain, for at least eight nuclear-powered submarines has set France in a fury. The French had signed a contract in 2016 for a dozen conventional diesel-electric submarines and the work to make them was already underway. The deal with French majority state-owned Naval Group was worth at least $66 billion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n All for the Aussies having nuke submarines, to keep China guessing. The existing contracts could have been renegotiated and the entire ugly affair avoided, yet instead we have another feather in Joe\u2019s foreign policy hat.<\/p>\n ABC News.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nBy ROD McGUIRK and ELAINE GANLEY<\/strong><\/p>\n