France

France is ‘vital partner & oldest ally,’ US says as Australia ‘regrets’ recall of French envoys over nuclear submarine deal

“France is a vital partner and our oldest ally, and we place the highest value on our relationship,” State Department…

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France RECALLS ambassadors from US and Australia citing ‘exceptional gravity’ of AUKUS submarine deal

“At the request of the President of the Republic [Emmanuel Macron], I decided to immediately recall to Paris for consultations…

3 years ago

As a furious France plots its revenge for America’s treachery on its subs deal, will it take the nuclear option of quitting NATO?

“A stab in the back,” is how French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described US President Joe Biden’s announcement of…

3 years ago

Australia made ‘very clear’ to France submarine deal could be scrapped, PM Morrison says, after Paris brands it ‘stab in the back’

Speaking to radio 5aa, Morrison affirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron was made well aware that Canberra was considering other…

3 years ago

The stunning betrayal of France by America over nuclear subs for Australia signals a huge geopolitical shift in US strategy

On Wednesday night, America’s Joe Biden, Australia’s Scott Morrison and Britain’s Boris Johnson held a virtual trilateral summit whereby they…

3 years ago

France says Biden acted like Trump as UK & US steal huge Aussie submarine deal in ‘brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision’

"I am angry and bitter. This isn't done between allies," Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told franceinfo radio on Thursday…

3 years ago

France ‘regrets’ AUKUS nuclear submarine deal that scuttled its multi-billion ‘contract of century’ with Australia

US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his British counterpart Boris Johnson announced the ‘AUKUS’ initiative in…

3 years ago

France leads the way in holding Covid incompetents to account for their mismanagement and indecision as millions died

Despite the massive failures by governments and public health officials across the globe in dealing with the pandemic, it’s only…

3 years ago

France moves to dissolve ‘racist’ Black African Defense League following weekend violence

On Monday, French interior minister Gérald Darmanin posted a statement on Twitter that the Ligue de Défense Noire Africaine (LDNA)…

3 years ago

France won’t accept ‘financial blackmail’ & anything that breaks the law, minister says amid migrant row with the UK

The French minister said on Thursday that “the friendship between our two countries deserves better than postures which undermine cooperation…

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