Australia has inflicted a personal blow
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:19 am
So it will hurt. It hurts already. In particular, it’s a slap in the face for President Emmanuel Macron – another, having been earlier this year literally slapped in the face shaking hands with the public, by a man described in the French media as “passionate about medieval combat”. This incident led to a distinctly French outburst of anger among intellectuals and media figures over the “national decline”, further evidence which many people will see in Australia’s decision to go with the United States and the Great Britain. -Brittany.
and given ammunition to Emmanuel Macron’s domestic political opponents less than a year after a presidential election (Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images)
Macron put himself in danger to support the submarine deal, despite being inherited from a previous regime. In June, he met Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Paris on his return from the G7 summit in England to discuss several topics including ongoing issues with the project. This meeting was such a success, from a French point of view, that it was reported phone number library under headings like “The contract of the century is saved”. Did something get lost in the translation, even though Macron speaks pretty good English? Or has the Anglo-American offer of nuclear submarine technology come as a real surprise to Australians?
Australia has inflicted a personal blow and ammunition on Macron’s domestic political opponents in the year following a presidential election, and while this is unlikely to really influence the outcome, he will not forget it. certainly not. Could that, or French resentment more generally, be a problem for Australia? France as an Indo-Pacific power is a lot like what Gandhi is supposed to have said about Western civilization: that would be a good idea. But one of the reasons Australia signed the now infamous submarine deal with France is that France has a genuine interest in the region.
and given ammunition to Emmanuel Macron’s domestic political opponents less than a year after a presidential election (Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images)
Macron put himself in danger to support the submarine deal, despite being inherited from a previous regime. In June, he met Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Paris on his return from the G7 summit in England to discuss several topics including ongoing issues with the project. This meeting was such a success, from a French point of view, that it was reported phone number library under headings like “The contract of the century is saved”. Did something get lost in the translation, even though Macron speaks pretty good English? Or has the Anglo-American offer of nuclear submarine technology come as a real surprise to Australians?
Australia has inflicted a personal blow and ammunition on Macron’s domestic political opponents in the year following a presidential election, and while this is unlikely to really influence the outcome, he will not forget it. certainly not. Could that, or French resentment more generally, be a problem for Australia? France as an Indo-Pacific power is a lot like what Gandhi is supposed to have said about Western civilization: that would be a good idea. But one of the reasons Australia signed the now infamous submarine deal with France is that France has a genuine interest in the region.