France will take the extraordinary step of recalling its ambassadors from Australia and the United States, as the fallout grows from a new defence pact that has infuriated French President Emmanuel Macron.to tear up a $90 billion contract to buy 12 French submarines in favour of a new nuclear-powered fleet using technology from the US and United Kingdom.
The directive is understood to be the first in a rolling series of protests from Paris, which is furious at Australia for abandoning the contract and the US for benefiting from the switch.Senior French ministers were locked in crisis meetings on Friday to develop their response. Macron, who was heavily invested in the $90 billion submarine deal that had been described as the “contract of the century”, is yet to comment publicly but is furious at Morrison and US President Joe Biden.
The pact, to be known as AUKUS, also includes greater military co-operation in the Indo-Pacific to counter Beijing’s rapidly escalating militarisation of the South China Sea.
BevanShields You now should know who are your true friends and who are the wolves in the blankets.
BevanShields You can rely on ScottMorrisonMP as he says: ‘’thank us not for what we have promised, but what we deliver. And on that score Australia can always be relied upon.’’ backstabber ScottyTheFella Submarines
BevanShields This from a country that disdainfully ignored Australian requests for them to halt nuclear testing on Muroroa Atoll. I don’t necessarily agree with nuclear suns but I think France is being a tad hypocritical.
BevanShields why don’t just surrender to China 🇨🇳
BevanShields Oh no. No french wines, no beautiful french cheeses. They won't buy our stuff either so our primary producers will suffer yet again
BevanShields Scraping that deal was the right thing to do to protect the interests of Australian families.
BevanShields It’s a sad world full of cowboys who don’t know how or what they are doing. Leaders they are not!
BevanShields So we now have no submarines for another quarter of a century, we've pissed off Europe, New Zealand and some of South East Asia and what have we gained?
BevanShields 53,000 of our boys died in France and Belgium in WW2. Helping to protect French liberty.
BevanShields We scrap an actual submarine project, for an agreement to agree on access to nuclear propulsion technology with the US, but no specifics. No subs. Major diplomatic incident. AUKUS France auspol
BevanShields Yep great Allies the French.
BevanShields Bye bye.
BevanShields Short memories.
BevanShields Noticing a different energy from the Age than when Danny cost Victoria millions by walking away from the east west tunnel deal
BevanShields So China are angry and France have spat the dummy………..gee, who would have thought? Seems everyone else is allowed to have new toys except us.
BevanShields Prends ça!
BevanShields scomo has picked trade war with China and now EU! Australian exporters are doomed! They truly is gonna sink our ship! Is itvbecause he knows he will loose at upcoming elections!
BevanShields The French referred to this as the deal of the century… I wonder why! Probably because it was a great deal for them and a shit deal for Aus. I mean diesel powered subs?!!
BevanShields BREAKING: The government has just announced that the US Dept of Defence will now be entitled to claim for Jobkeeper as part of the new Nuclear-powered Submarines contract. More than $90billion has been allocated to this specific scheme alone.
BevanShields Typical French, have a sook , roll over , then will be back in a couple of weeks.
BevanShields Sorry France, no room for another in the US, Aus and Uk ménage à trois
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BevanShields Good, The French also have Nuclear power submarines, why was the propulsion not just switch over and continue with the agreement with the French what is ScottMorrisonMP not telling the Australian people besides the cost impact of change which he better disclose soon.
BevanShields First China, now France, how many more Governments around the World is Scott Morrison going to piss off with his incompetence and total lack of diplomacy and leadership?
BevanShields Bit of an overreaction.
BevanShields On the grand scale Australia just did to France who is a friendly allied country? What China did to Australia for taking sides with the US who's continued provocation and military presence surrounding China is recognised as an act of aggression.
BevanShields I’m guessing a lot of French Letters exchanged hands etc….over this cock-up !!
BevanShields JoshFrydenberg Australia can’t afford submarines auspol COVID19 instagram
BevanShields The days of needing an embassy in any country have passed.
BevanShields Can Morrison, Dutton and co do anything without making it a complete clusterfuck
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