France Declares 'Crisis of Trust' Over Nuclear Submarine Deal
September 22, 2021
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as posted by the channelFrance’s top diplomat declared Monday that there is a “crisis of trust” in the United States after a Pacific defense deal stung France and left Europe wondering about its longtime ally across the Atlantic.
European countries won’t let Washington leave them behind when shaping its foreign policy, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian added.
Speaking Monday to reporters in New York, Le Drian reiterated complaints that his country was sandbagged by the submarine deal between the U.S., Britain and Australia, which led to France losing a contract to sell subs to Australia.
Washington, London and Canberra say the deal bolsters their commitment to the Indo-Pacific region, and it has widely been seen as an effort to counter an increasingly assertive China.
But Le Drian said it was a “brutal, unexpected and unexplained breach” of a contract – and a relationship.”
“There is a crisis of trust beyond the fact that the contract is being broken, as if Europe itself didn’t have any interest to defend in that region,” he said.
Arguing that the U.S. is “refocusing its fundamental interests, step by step, with de facto confrontation with China,” Le Drian noted pointedly that “Europeans too have their own fundamental interests.”
“The Europeans’ fundamental interests need to be taken into account by the United States. which is our ally. And the Europeans shall not be left behind in the strategy chosen by the United States,” he said.
He said European countries need to “put together their own priorities and strategy” and discuss it with the U.S.
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