BREAKING: France recalls US and Oz ambassadors saying security deal is 'stab in the back'
French President Emmanuel Macron greets Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 15, 2021
He said the cancellation by Australia of a big contract to buy French conventional submarines in favour of nuclear-powered subs built with US technology is ‘unacceptable behaviour’. It comes after he previously reacted furiously, telling franceinfo radio: ‘This brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what Mr Trump used to do. I am angry and bitter. This isn’t done between allies.’The move has been widely seen as a way of bolstering Western naval power in a region where China dominates militarily.said it would make ‘the world safer’ while creating hundreds of jobs in Britain.
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