THE FALLOUT IS ABOUT

The fallout is about

The fallout is about

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PARIS — Make no mistake. This is a crisis, not a spat.

The new partnership announced last week between the United States, Britain and Australia, in which Australia would be endowed with nuclear-powered submarines, has left the French angry and in shock. And not just because of the loss of their own deal, signed in 2016, to provide Australia with submarines.

French officials say they have been stonewalled and duped by close allies, who negotiated behind their backs. The sense of betrayal https://puffnachrichten.com/category/europe/ is so acute that President Emmanuel Macron has uncharacteristically opted to keep silent on the issue, delegating the expression of a very public rage to his otherwise quiet foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian. Asked on public television whether President Biden’s behavior was reminiscent of his predecessor, Mr. Le Drian replied, “Without the tweets.”

The fallout is about much more than a scrapped business deal, Gallic pride and bruised egos. This diplomatic bombshell has crudely exposed the unwritten rules https://puffnachrichten.com/category/europe/ of great power competition, in which France cannot be a player unless it carries the weight of the European Union behind it. The past week has been about 21st-century https://puffnachrichten.com/category/opinion/ geopolitics and the brutal adjustment of old alliances to new realities.
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