Emmanuel Macron explicitly accuses the Australian Prime Minister of having lied to him

Diplomatic relations between Paris and Canberra have still not taken the path of appeasement. “I know” that Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to me, in fact declared Sunday Emmanuel Macron about the secret negotiations between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom on the Aukus defense agreement, which torpedoed a contract Franco-Australian on submarines.

“Do you think Scott Morrison lied to you?” », Asked an Australian journalist, on the sidelines of the G20 in Rome. “I don’t think so, I know”, replied in a filmed response the French president, who had already expressed his anger after the breakdown of the agreement between France and Australia for the sale of twelve submarines for 55 Billions of Euro’s.

Respect is better for two

“We are discussing, we will see what he will do,” he further explained about the possibility of giving him back his confidence. “I have a lot of respect for your country and a lot of respect and friendship for your people”, continued the Head of State, but “when you have respect, you must be two and behave in accordance with these values ​​”.

Emmanuel Macron spoke with the Australian Prime Minister on Thursday for the first time since the crisis caused by the announcement in mid-September of the new Aukus alliance. The French president then repeated to him that this breach of contract “had broken the relationship of trust between our two countries”.