over the decision by Canberra to abandon its deal with France’s Naval Group to build 12 submarines. Australia will instead buy at least eight nuclear-powered submarines, most likely from the United States, as part of the security partnership with Britain.
“I think they would have had every reason to know that we have deep and grave concerns that the capability being delivered by the attack class submarine was not going to meet our strategic interests and we had made very clear that we would be making a decision based on our strategic national interest,” Mr Morrison said.
Mr Morrison said he had told Mr Macron of Australia’s decision on the evening before it was announced.But France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in a sign of the rupture between Paris and Canberra, used public television to label the decision as “duplicity, disdain and lies”. “ don’t treat each other with such brutality, such unpredictability, a major partner like France ... So there really is a crisis. There are reasons for us to question the strength of our alliance,” he said.
A spokesman for Mr Morrison said later the ambassador was not at the meeting as it was dinner between the Prime Minister and Mr Macron. “It provides a deterrence and it also provides us with the ability, given we’re an island nation we’ve got choke points to the north approaches ... need to be dealt with, and so there are a range of capabilities that we could use to strike again at extremists.”
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Is Australia susceptible to pay France a breach of contract fee for abandoning the submarine contact
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady There are many more scandals worldwide... the Scorpene Submarine Data Leak Scandal in INDIA, including Malaysia's Scorpene submarines are different from the submarines of Chile or India + the foreign woman interpreter who was murdered to keep the corrupt deal a secret in MALAYSIA
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Aust won't have a sub till 2030s, zero ordered. Scomo has 18 month 'taskforce' to make 'decsion'. A ScoMo con job? Talking $100 billion plus. Like to know if French were asked to provide option of nuclear subs as well. Re-engineering the French subs to elec diesel added to costs.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Very messy submarine transactions but the new US UK deal gazumps a very troubled French deal ?
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady There is really no end to the level of rat cunning deception of this PM SneakyMorrison and his henchmen PeterTheThugDutton and MariseMIAPayne.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady It is obvious now that in large parts of Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia the credibility of Prime Minister PinnochioMorrison is rock bottom and Australia will suffer as a consequence.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Non French European commentators call Australia’s diplomacy impressively incompetent. I’d add the PM and the Defence Minister into the same category.
LyndaFrench19 swrighteconomy nickbonyhady The French are finding out signing a contract with a liberal isn't worth the paper it's written on. Unless of course there's a kickback to the IPA-nat-libs parties.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Should have known you can't trust a liberal party member. Corrupt and untrustworthy to the core.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Poor Olde Joe and Borarse have been conned by the Snake Oil salesman “that fella from downunder”
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swrighteconomy nickbonyhady France needs to remember how many Australians gave their lives in WW1 and wind their necks in: 152,171 wounded and 46,000 died in France & Belgium. The contract had exit clauses and they were exercised: grow up and stop whining!
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady 'France should have known?'. Thats pretty unscrupulous.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady I'll just leave this here
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Scomo has done a deal with his rapist mate Christian Porter so he can stay on in parliament & get paid 300k+ a year while saving the PM from a byelection meaning taxpayers are funding rape. auspol
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Shake hands with Scummo then count your fingers!
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Submarine? Couldn't trust the French to build a decent car
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady It could be worse
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady I love the bit where Morrison just has a random call to try and contact Macron. No doubt that’s how world leaders communicate officially. Just ring each other out of the blue to discuss dumping a $90b deal. Should have texted him. Our PM BS artist in the extreme.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Anglos screwing the French again but not as much as us!
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Scott treachery & double standards never 😈
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady The Scamo’s treacherous maneuvers are kind of predictable, or simply natural for an individual of his standards. I wonder what was France thinking.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady French treachery
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady The stupid politicians tied Australia's future and national interests to the chariots of two declining empires, and at the same time raised a middle finger to a friend and pushed a big friendly client out of the door.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Nowadays, the protection fee has risen to the point that Australia needs to sell its reputation, friends, customers and faces.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady Will Scotty see his sacking coming?
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady But obviously they didn't know. How can tbe leader of a nation not make their intention clear. Incompetence!
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady This lil black duck couldn’t give 2 hoots what the froggies think.
swrighteconomy nickbonyhady So other countries are supposed to be mind readers now? This is not diplomacy.
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