Submarine crisis, the background on the humiliation of France: “So Australia betrayed us”

PARIS – French anger over the “subgate”, the scandal of the order for the sale of submarines to Australia, swept away by the “Aukus” defense pact, does not subside. Less than a week after the announcement made by the American president Joe Biden with his Australian and British counterparts, Scott Morrison e Boris Johnson, the Ville Lumière continues to insist that the “crisis of confidence between allies” caused by the case goes beyond the nuanced industrial project and will have consequences on geopolitical relations in the Indo-Pacific region.