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AUKUS: Maintaining West's unity will 'require a lot of effort', German official says, as France rages over nuclear submarine deal
SKY News ^ | September 18, 2021 | by Philip Whiteside

Posted on 09/18/2021 7:03:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Maintaining unity between Western allies will "require a lot of effort" in light of an unfolding rift between France and members of a new security partnership, Germany's ambassador to the UK has said.

French President Emmanuel Macron has so far not commented directly, but on Friday a top French diplomat spoke anonymously of a "crisis" in relations with the US.

He said that for Paris "this is a strategic question concerning the very nature of the relationship between Europe and the United States about the Indo-Pacific strategy".

He added that Australia never mentioned to France its wish to shift to nuclear-powered submarines, including during a meeting between Mr Macron and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

The French diplomat said that Mr Macron received a letter from Mr Morrison on Wednesday morning announcing the decision to cancel the submarine deal.

After the deal was announced, Mr Le Drian told franceinfo radio it was a "brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision" reminiscent of the sort of actions Donald Trump would take.

He said: "I am angry and bitter. This isn't done between allies. It's a stab in the back. We created a relationship of trust with Australia, and that trust has been broken."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aukus; australia; biden; china; election2020; emmanuelmacron; europeanunion; failure; france; germany; philipwhiteside; scottmorrison; southchinasea; unitedkingdom; vietnam
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To: Savage Beast

A bottom line for me is repentance in the moment for my past wrongs.


41 posted on 09/18/2021 10:47:12 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

France pulls these sorts of stunts all the time. They can dish it out, but they can’t take it.


42 posted on 09/18/2021 10:48:11 AM PDT by Krosan
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Also from the article: "A French foreign ministry statement did not mention the UK, but a diplomatic source said France believed Britain's joining of the deal was opportunistic."

I'm not convinced. I've noticed how carefully the French government (and global media types) have avoided commenting on the UK's involvement in this. Heck, it's right there in the name of this deal, AUKUS. Even this article's mention of UK involvement needs to be carefully parsed. "Opportunistic" makes it sound like it was done on a whim, capriciously following the lead of the United States. Although it could also be seen as opportunistic for a post-BREXIT UK to re-assert its Commonwealth connection with Australia and pull the rug out from beneath Macron.

The early articles about this deal mentioned the Brits in a more "central" manner, but since then everything has skewed towards blaming the U.S. and the Aussies. I'm sure the Biden Central Committee puppeteers were happy to play along, since the "Blame the U.S." script is already their daily mantra and roughly adheres to their policy of weakening ties between America and its oldest allies.

Always watch for what they're *not* saying and note when the article is obviously baiting and distracting you - as with the gratuitous swipe at Trump.

43 posted on 09/18/2021 10:49:10 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Charles Martel

They meant it as an insult. They’re saying the UK is not an independent actor, but just a puppet to the US.


44 posted on 09/18/2021 10:57:53 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Everyone blames Trump.


45 posted on 09/18/2021 11:26:39 AM PDT by Rebelbase (The difference between animals and humans: animals would never let the dumbest of the herd lead them)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

46 posted on 09/18/2021 5:02:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: AndyJackson

Biden screwed over our friends with his Afghanistan betrayal too... Lucky for Biden our press is as corrupt as our State Department...


47 posted on 09/19/2021 1:42:09 AM PDT by GOPJ (Try Milley and his commie cabal for treason - then put them to death.It'll be a lesson for the young)
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