“An unbearable blow to the back”, a “brutal decision” … France does not take off the day after the breach of contract by Australia for the sale of 12 submarines. Yesterday in turn, the members of the government followed one another to point the responsibility of the United States who recover in the case this mega contract for an amount of 56 billion euros.
While Joe Biden was supposed to embody the renewal in the collaboration between Paris and Washington, the relationship between our two countries turns to open crisis. The French Ambassador to the United States has even just canceled a reception, supposed to celebrate Franco-American friendship. The champagne will stay cool for now …
We have not seen French diplomacy so harsh towards the American administration since the war in Iraq in 2003. On the French side, it is above all the way in which the American ally has done things that is angry. He hid his discussions with the Australians, then did not even bother to pick up when the French tried to reach him.
On the American side, we sought to appease the situation by indicating that France remained a vital partner in the Indo-Pacific zone. Platitudes, which have been swept away with the back of the hand.
Also to listen in this diary
Job – Labor Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that the government would launch a new plan for the long-term unemployed. For this, companies that will train job seekers will be funded.
Hunt – The Council of State wanted to ban them and yet the government again wishes to authorize certain traditional hunting methods for birds, in particular those which consist in capturing birds with nets or cages. Hunters call for demonstrations tomorrow to defend its practices. The latest government decisions also suggest that they have the support of the Head of State.
Brexit – This is one of the many consequences of Brexit. The government of Boris Johnson will definitely do away with the so-called metric system (grams, kilos) to put back the imperial unit system, very English. Until now, the two have cohabited.
