UK and US kick Macron’s € 36 billion butt
The French government has accused the leaders of the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia of behaving like Donald Trump after the announcement of a major new pact related to the defense and development of submarines.
Yesterday, the three nations unveiled the Auukus agreement which will see the development of an Australian nuclear-powered submarine fleet, as well as other resource and intelligence-sharing agreements between the countries.
The move was widely seen as a way to strengthen Western naval power in a region where China dominates militarily.
Downing Street hailed it as a benchmark for defense and security "and Boris Johnson said it would make" the world safer "by creating hundreds of jobs in Britain.
The reaction of France, on the other hand, was less enthusiastic: in fact, by signing the agreement, Australia tore up a 2016 agreement with Paris worth 30 billion pounds, 36 billion euros, for 12 diesel submarines, a tough blow to the French industry.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reacted furiously, telling franceinfo radio: “ This brutal, one-sided and unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what Mr. Trump was doing. I am angry and bitter. This is not done between allies.
The pact was announced via a three-way television broadcast, an unusual move on a defense issue, which suggests very important political and industrial implications, and also a clear paradigm shift in Western defense.
The French minister added: “It really was a stab in the back. We have built a relationship of trust with Australia and that trust has been betrayed. '
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace took action today to ease diplomatic tensions, saying he acknowledged the "frustration" and revealing that he spoke to his French counterpart on Wednesday evening.
Boris Johnson told MPs on Thursday that the UK's military relations with France are solid "and insisted" that we stand side by side with the French "despite the quarrel".
now let's make some considerations:
- France also builds nuclear attack submarines and missile launchers, but, evidently, European technology is not seen as being up to par with that of the US and the UK. This clear and dry defeat should make us think that the “Ambitious” European objectives are chimeras that hide only a considerable technological delay of the old continent;
- this announcement came after there was talk of the "European Army". It seems that even just talking about it has divided Western countries between the Anglo-Saxon bloc and a possible European bloc,
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