Published 18 September 2021 at 08.01
Abroad. The United States, Britain and Australia form a new defense pact under the name “Aukus”, which will challenge China's influence in the area around China. France is thus losing a major submarine deal with Australia, and the EU is disappointed that it has not been informed in advance.
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The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says that the US-Australia agreement is a betrayal.
– It is a stab in the back. We have established a trusting relationship with Australia and this trust has been betrayed, he says in more detail. against the British. The country also calls home its ambassador from the United States.
France would deliver 12 submarines to Australia of the same type that Australia now buys from the United States instead. France is thus losing 31 billion euros.
When a radio journalist asked Le Drian if France had been “cheated” by the United States, he replied that “your analysis of the situation is more or less correct”.