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Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by BrandoElFollito on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:58AM (#28574283)
As a French, this is very much the feeling here. We do not talk much about the financial impact (though Naval Group is obviously not happy) but indeed rather the way it was announced.

As for the trust part, I would say that this is more being naive, which is always a surprise to me.

We dealt with the British during Brexit and the overall feeling is that we lost the deal (fishing, British disregard of the deal, Irelands as an open entry point, ...). This is probably just a gut feeling, but we tend as a nation to wake up the hard way - surprised that others are not friendly.

It is time to acknowledge that we are a small fish compared to the US, China and we need to find a way to deal with that, and not still live in the idea that the world is looking at is.

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Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by mrlonglong on Saturday September 18, 2021 @07:51AM (#28575470)
You need to unify with Germany and other countries with the EU, this will give you the required clout against the other blocs of the world. As a Brit, Brexit was the day the world fell apart.
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Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by hdjjhhvvhga on Saturday September 18, 2021 @11:29AM (#28576992)
It works for many other aspects, but not the military: there is no EU army.
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Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by mrlonglong on Saturday September 18, 2021 @05:18PM (#28579399)
I'm pretty sure they will have to, this AFUKUS thing has forced their hand.
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Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by fspeech on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:59PM (#28578030)
Actually Europe is super important as a force of balance. There is nothing more coveted by the Chinese than European friendship.
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