France Pulls Ambassadors to US Australia in Protest of Submarine Deal
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On Friday, France recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia to protest a new partnership between the two countries to deliver Australia nuclear-powered submarines. While left-leaning articles highlight that France sees Biden’s decision to form an alliance with Australia and Britain as a return to the Trump era, right-leaning articles highlight that Australians say the Americans and Brits simply offered a superior product.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that France sees Biden’s decision to form an alliance with Australia and Britain as a return to the Trump era. The security initiative appears to have brought Biden’s summer of love with Europe to an end.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drain said that the decision was made by French President Emmanuel Macron. France also cancelled a gala planned in Washington D.C.
A right-leaning article by The Washington Examiner highlights that while France is fuming that the U.S. and U.K. scuttled a $66 billion deal for Australia to buy 12 French diesel-powered submarines, Australians say the Americans and Brits simply offered a superior product. The French Foreign Minister called the deal “unacceptable.”
From the right
Australia says French submarines were inferior to technology offered by US and UK
Washington Examiner