France has accused Australia of a breach of trust after it scrapped a submarine contract and made a deal with the United States instead.
Under the agreement, Australia will be able to acquire nuclear-powered submarines built with US and British technology.
But it comes at the expense of France, which has lost a multibillion-dollar agreement to sell its submarines.
Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports from London, UK.
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No billions for France 🤣🤣🤣🤣😉
Treating macron like macaroni
Now the EU has to decide if the gang of three isolationists can be trusted. They are now cooking backroom deals behind their backs on top of the ring leader being caught spying on EU leaders after telling them to not trust a certain company’s telecom equipment for security reasons. Maybe the new equipment was more secure and actually prevented the spying instead. The leader has been proven as a two faced entity that admitted to “Lie, Cheat and Steal” only to achieve what they want no matter the cost to others.
Geopolitics is a cruel business and it’s nothing to do with values, ideology, friendship and love, it only matters interest. No USA human rights and democracy promotes in Afghanistan.
Well Australian speaking English
clearly this naval vessel deal has caused a rift between western allies, france is rightly outrageous and furious to recall its ambassador from Australia n US ..it will create new geopolitical allies..France will seal these naval assets deal with India at attractive price..France will likely tilt towards Russia, might opt of NATO and G7 organization..and might covertly sell its advanced naval technology to foes like China, Russia, North Korea and Iran
A very good lapdog, America is an expert of training dogs
Macron betrayed his own people and now his getting some of his own medicine.
how macron betrayed his people??
That submarine is probally the only thing from france that wouldn’t run at the first sign of trouble.
“States have no friends, they only have interests”
-Charles de Gaulle
😭 indeed Unite State does not want to get along with friends.
@Bobby`s Family It’s clear ! The only times when the United States gets involved in foreign affairs: it’s when it’s their business … But what hurts me the most: it’s seeing my country, which is 1,500 years old. bow down to a country that is only 200 years old.
@Lionpard Wolfiefox The only reason Australia has turned politically and militarily against China is U.S. blackmail. Two years ago the U.S. ‘realist’ political scientist John Mearsheimer came to Australia to explained to Australians (vid see at 33min) how that works.
As Caitlin Johnstone summarizes:
“Now some people say there’s an alternative: you can go with China,” said Mearsheimer. “Right you have a choice here: you can go with China rather the United States. There’s two things I’ll say about that. Number one, if you go with China you want to understand you are our enemy. You are then deciding to become an enemy of the United States. Because again, we’re talking about an intense security competition.”
“You’re either with us or against us,” he continued. “And if you’re trading extensively with China, and you’re friendly with China, you’re undermining the United States in this security competition. You’re feeding the beast, from our perspective. And that is not going to make us happy. And when we are not happy you do not want to underestimate how nasty we can be. Just ask Fidel Castro.”
Duh that’s what get when you’re biggest country in the world
Biden is playing a very dangerous game to sell nuclear sub to Australia, and supplying the fuel to them to make nuclear weapons to counter China and Russia, once this Pandora box is opened, Russia will do the same and supply nuclear weapons to Iran
Biden the Senile 1st
Australia tore up its military contract with France.
France: “This is outrageous!”😡
Russia:”Hehehe, remember Mistrals?”😀
Yo frances roast on the UK was RUTHLESS LMAOOOOO
Most common phrase in France is I surrender
France has definitely been betrayed by America, United Kingdome and Australia.
Cry baby
The Swiss knocked out Napoleon in 1 round by cancelling there negotiations with France for attack aircraft and ordering a defence system from the USA.
The Australia knocked out Napoleon in round 2
Both with single blows who’s next to put Napoleon back in his box
As an Australian I can assure everybody that we’ve only done that which was necessary
Which is backstabbin’ a close ally and partner?
I dred to think what it means when Australia says it’s going to do what is helpfull.
As a Pakistani, this satisfies me knowing America not only backstabs it’s Non-Nato allies but also NATO allies 😂
You dumb It was Australia that came to the Americans and the Brits on G7 meeting with that idea. If your country was in Australia shoes your country would have done the same think. Look it up about French deal with Australia and diesel submarine that already add leaked documents to the CCP government.
@Helder Almeida daym that’s tough
Australia to France be like : Au revoir, Gday mates
I am sorry to say but isn’t this more of an Anglo Saxon Alliance than AUKUS, FAUKUS.
The world belongs to Anglo-saxons , Russia, Muslin, and China was our enemy, France, Germany and Japan was our watch dog.
USA must send Statue of Liberty back to France rightnow!
Whereas the French are always above board and honest in all dealings.
French politicians have a long history of financing themselves and their friends with corrupt arms sales contracts. Google it. 2022 – president and parliament are up for election. Without this contract, where will they go for money?!
Australia is good at stabbing friends in the back for the sake of pleasing the US. First China now France. China was Australia‘s largest trading partner and France was a strategic partner. Australia is forever mindlessly grovelling before the US.
Stop taking drugs. If you really think that Australia stabbed China in the back and not the other way around, then again, stop taking the drugs.
@Jackson Miller Prior to 2020 Australia did not have a recession for 30 years, not even in the financial meltdown year of 2008. This was because of the China trade. Tons of Chinese tourists and students came because Australia projected itself as a friendly and safe country. Don’t take my word for it. You should listen to what Bob Carr a former Australian foreign minister have to say.
@konghooi khoo But it still is a friendly and safe country. China always turns on Australia. Australia wanted an investigation into Wuhan and then China create tariffs and damage Australian economy. Many countries just want peace in the region but China is the aggressor. Many ASEAN countries are not happy with China as China is trying to be dominant in the Asian region. Everything Australia does China gets angry. Australia wins in Soccer against China then China say “Australia is starting war with China”. Australia breathes then China says “Australia is starting war with China”. And if Australia makes deals with USA then Australia is starting war with China. No, Australia has been friend with USA for long time. Many years before friends with China.
Over the last two decades we have learnt that a treaty with America is worth nothing. Paris climate accord, NATO, Afghanistan, etc. And Britain is not much better when you see that they are already in violation of their own Brexit agreeement. Good luck to Australia. They will need it.
Trying to sell a diesel boat for the price of a nuke boat? How dare the Aussies not take this bad deal?
Kick the politicians out of the earth, they can’t do anything good to their people, like saving lives, but lead people to war/chaos and let them die for political interests. 20th century old man old mind playing old game. 21st century, peace loving young generation should take the leadership
China’s selfish actions and absurd claims in the south China sea have caused this issue – So they ought to stop pretending to be the victim – Ask ANY country in South East Asia, whether they think the Chinese can be trusted? They ALL answer NO !
The compromised deal would be split the submarines contract with the French & Americans bringing in the French into the defense partnership
US treating her Ally France like a stingy tissue! Obvioisly France is not an English blood..
How ironic it is, to hear French officials’ cries of betrayal, in the very same week that France “apologises” for its own betrayal of the Harkis–the native Muslim Algerians who served as the French Army’s proxy fighters in the Algerian War of Independence (1956—1962), and whose subsequent efforts emigrate to France wither were either altogether denied, or made intolerable by France’s unwelcoming attitude towards them.
Not the same context, not the same government, not the same place, nothing in correlation.
You just see what you want to see.
The Australian broke a commercial order from 2015, they engaged themselves on it, and backed at the last moment.
Nothing can change the fact that Australia is not trustworthy and will follow anything the US ask.
Lol look at them turning towards themselves
we, french we should leave NATO immediatly…! we must get out of free trade agreements with the USA and Australia, there are many other much more serious partners with whom we can trade.
this real betrayal shows well the understanding and the interpersonal skills of the English-speaking countries, we have suffered enough of the consequences …. so after having insulted us with “cheese eating surrender monkeys”, the Americans plunge us with a dagger in the back. …that’s enough, let’s leave these puppets.
Accusation of betrayal and broken trust among western powers is a bit oxymoron because this is characteristic of these powers.When they do it onto others they mask it with democracy and human rights consideration.
Funny excuse, to counter China.
USA literally has bases surrounding China.
Rather have USA bases over the world than China in there place. No diversity in China 90% are all Han Chinese
@D B so what’s the point? What has diversity to do with the issue we are talking about?
Homogeneous society don’t deserve to be rich and powerful? Or is it that they don’t deserve to be successful?
Almost all south Eastern Asian countries are mostly homogeneous society.
Love of money shakes like this.
France makes toys USA makes weapons
Can’t rely on Europe to protect anyone, Europe all talk no muscle
French betray themselves , make better weapons not toys
French love CHINA so F$&@ off
Has China ever sailed its warships into Australian waters? Has China ever behave aggressively within Australia’s borders with its military or commercial merchant ships? Has the world suddenly forgotten western colonialism and two world wars in the past that has killed tens of millions of people? Which country has China colonised in the last 100yrs…?
Why then is the media pushing their govts false narrative about China’s aggression in the south-china sea as if this is what China has been doing in the last 100yrs even when under British colonialism and during western colonial infiltration of independent soveriegn countries and stealing their resources and putting the people of those countries into human and economic slavery?
Well time will tell. It seems the prophecy of Napoleon Bonaparte has come to pass when he said ”Let China sleep for when she wakes, the world will shake”. Signing an aggressive military submarine deal with the worst aggressor ever known to mankind in the 20th century, the US is unfortunate. DON’T make the giant (China) angry Australia, you won’t like it when she is really, really angry….
This story is about France losing a huge defense contract… period!
What does a frog eat in paris? french flies.
At least those countries can speak English . . . So no communication barrier
No offense to French government
PLEASE GIVE BIDEN THE BLAME!!! NOT AMERICANS!!
Very happy about it, France has been ripping of Africa for centuries now , I hope they feel what it means now ,and they can do nothing about it because it America , UK and Australia not Africa.
Oh well they still have designer clothes that everyone buys
The French ambassador needs to cool down and be very careful with his words that he doesn’t speak out ov control. He will see that Australia has the right to cancel and find better deals for Australia. Any decent country in this world would have done exactly what Australia did and I don’t blame them for wanting better quality.
France has its own nuclear submarines, but Australians asked for diesel so the french worked to produced a diesel submarine.
And now the Australian are like, nah we want a nuclear one, but with the USA.
Of course the french are mad, they could have made a nuclear submarine from the beginning.
Last laugh will be on France when the UK is the one building the subs. The only junior partner then will be France.
Who knows maybe France decided this alliance with US and NATO is BS, instead France choose to form an Eurasian pact with China. France have a long tradition of arms deals with China, especially in the 80s and early 90s Chinese brought a bunch French tech.
You simple minded fools. Situations change which require strategic changes as well. China has ramped up its military like never before including nuclear and expansion over oceans. What is a French diesel submarine going to do??? Look stylish?? Subs have to be fast, cover large territory without surfacing. Understand? “But my French feelings are hurt, waa! waa!.”
“it was not a contract” and that is why they screwed you
Karma caught up with France…
The only reason Australia has turned politically and militarily against China is U.S. blackmail. Two years ago the U.S. ‘realist’ political scientist John Mearsheimer came to Australia to explained to Australians (vid see at 33min) how that works.
As Caitlin Johnstone summarizes:
“Now some people say there’s an alternative: you can go with China,” said Mearsheimer. “Right you have a choice here: you can go with China rather the United States. There’s two things I’ll say about that. Number one, if you go with China you want to understand you are our enemy. You are then deciding to become an enemy of the United States. Because again, we’re talking about an intense security competition.”
“You’re either with us or against us,” he continued. “And if you’re trading extensively with China, and you’re friendly with China, you’re undermining the United States in this security competition. You’re feeding the beast, from our perspective. And that is not going to make us happy. And when we are not happy you do not want to underestimate how nasty we can be. Just ask Fidel Castro.”
France forgot how to negotiate a contract , they are used to sell to dictators without a real negotiation!
It’s the first time I’m agree with the Joe Puppet administration
i’m just waiting for the day when the US betrays AUstralia…it’s not a matter of if. It’s a matter of when.
i don’t blame Australia at all, this is the only solution to counter China, let be it
Can’t trust USA nor its drunk little mate(Aus)
China did no wrong to Australia ever, only let them make more money than ever they could imagined, but look what they get, so calm down Macron
There is no friend in capitalism….it’s all about making money 💰
Ye sub apas me ladenge ab
Biden: but but we built Disneyland Paris. That should count for something.
Are you sure Australia is rich Australia will be a burden here
you want sincerity?? Join the China Russia alliance and stay away from the UK’s one, for they just want to use you for their own advantages. They will make sure you won’t grow bigger and stronger than them, and when you start getting too big and threatening, they will backstab you! What’s your take on the recent European allies eavesdropping by the US??
Making foolish everyone 😭😭😭😭😭
2019
US: i am your friend
AUS: but you took over bussiness from me to china
US:😜
2020
US: i am your friend
AUS: but you said its just a flu, we lost lives
US:😜
2021:
US: i am your friend
AUS: but you make me lost lot of friends
US: 😜
Don’t believe… US/UK all capitalism get benefit…
The French always crying
The French have nothing to be truly upset about in consideration of our strong associations both military and economic. After all is said and done, they have been an independent maritime nuclear submarine power for ages as well as being an independent nuclear weapons power alongside Britain and the US. We are now the very new small partner at a much bigger table and why would they not be able to enjoy us affording to be able to come of age to much better look after ourselves in a much more meaningful and effective manner?
“Hostility with Anglo-Saxons is dangerous, friendship with them is suicidal”. A lesson to India.
So India stop being westerner’s Trojan horse in Asia. Find ways to mend relationship with China and let the world watch 21st century belonging to Asians, finally after 500 years of western domination and hegemony.
In your dreams.
@Bernard McAvoy I know. The west has India in their pockets and that could help them continue their hegemony at least until the day Africa rises or when the western democracy itself falls prey of civil wars.
It was not a contract it was a partnership’ which didn’t work out, hence moving On – get over it France, it’s business 🙉
France would do better to continue bilateral trade and cooperation with China who is an honorable and trustworthy partner.
China honorable 🤣🤣🤣 cause abusing your citizens is honorable. Australia would’ve done better to just leave France to lose against Germany, but our soldiers died for France, they have signs saying not to forget Australia, yet they are removing ambassadors. France are a bunch of whiners. They were the ones who first disappointed, with continually increasing cost, delay and poor quality of their submarines.
aukus sounds like ruckus
The french does not need to play 2nd fiddle or minion to the rogue state and its underlings, just cut off its ties to maintain its stance
2:10 who is this douchebag ?
For next time.. Write contract!!
They had one. But Australia had smartly built in many get out clauses. They used one.
France should get out from Nato and join Russia
Blame it on Trump, idiots!
It’s like a guy finds out girl friend cheated with not one but two good friends, lol.
You can’t trust English and their colonies
poor macron no money for arms weapons !!!!like we need more arms in the world!!
All this hyperbole in the comments is distracting from what really happened between Australia and France. The deal promised most of the submarine infrastructure would be built up in Australia but French companies only provided 2/3 of the labor and local industry buildup that they promised, the rest remaining in France (against the agreement). AU wants their subs to be independent and not reliant on France.
French companies were also behind up to 18 months and insisted on French cultural habits like three hour long lunch breaks and not working for entire months out of the year. They couldn’t explain what happened to part of the millions in the budget spent, wasteful and expensive food catering for French employees and their tardiness to work with their Australian colleagues.
Macron has been pushing hard last few years for Europe to build its own military hardware and push back on the U.S. It shouldn’t be angry if U.S. does its own deals with other countries.
France blew out the budget, missed the contracted targets, begged Australia to renegotiate the timeline because they were so far off, and broke their commitment to how much of the manufacturing would happen in Australia. The dishonesty came from France and they are responsible for the collapse of the deal.
That’s not the issue here. You missed the point entirely.
Ah the sound of French humiliation in the morning!
What about France building nuclear reactors for Iran then builds the means to concentrate plutonium .
The United States prevented Germany from buying Russia’s cheaper natural gas, and the United States prevented Australia from buying French submarines. America is really a good ally
This is the US, UK and Australian values that they uphold… lies, betrayal and only me, myself and I .
The queen is the CEO of Australia! The French guillotine their queen. Marie Antoinette was brutally murdered😊With Brexit, this deal makes sense for the survival of Great Britain
France is the kid at school that didn’t realize is best friend was talking s*** about him Britain
Good god man why can’t the French get over it and move on, talk about throwing a tantrum and throwing their toys out the pram, Australia can do as they wish and AUKUS is a natural progression and I think it’s partly France has been left out of the alliance AUKUS is a large part of it but if ever it comes to point where war is likely it won’t just be Australia UK and the USA I’m sure other countries will fight with the alliance but as for France kicking up like they ar its just plain stupid,,,
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Oh no the french are throwing a fit………no one cares here in the usa. The crying just makes it worse honestly. It just reinforces the fact that we will never take them seriously.
France has nuclear subs and would have sold them to Australia but US would have objected. Think about this statement. Australia truly made a strategic mistake but only time will show this.