France has warned that it may block talks on a planned free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Australia amid the diplomatic row triggered by the announcement of the AUKUS security alliance. “Keeping one’s word is the condition of trust between democracies and between allies… So it is ...
Tensions rocked the Western alliance as European Union leaders backed France in its anger over a scrapping mega-contract. The tensions in the transatlantic alliance overshadowed the beginning of the UN General Assembly week, after Australia last week canceled a multi-billion-dollar contract for French submarines, instead opting for US nuclear-powered ones ...
