France Throws EU Under The Bus: Macron Crashes Aussie Trade Talks in Submarine Deal Fury
- France Throws EU Under The Bus: Macron Crashes Aussie Trade Talks in Submarine Deal Fury
by JOE BARNES, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT, https://www.express.co.uk/
FRANCE has scuppered the European Union’s trade negotiations with Australia amid growing anger over the lost submarine deal.
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Paris has signalled it will block future talks between Brussels and Canberra after the latter’s decision to renege on a contract for French-built submarines Australia instead agreed to a new pact with Britain and the United States to purchase nuclear-powered vessels. Clement Beaune, France’s hardline Europe minister, said future negotiations between the EU and Australia would be “unthinkable” as a result of the feud.
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