Tag Archives: France

Britain has welcomed France having "stepped back" from threats to impose punitive action in a dispute over post-Brexit fishing licences as talks to settle

Tony Abbott had defended the federal government's withdrawal from the $90 billion submarine agreement with France, arguing Prime Minister Scott Morrison was “perfectly entitled” to take one of several opportunities to scrap the deal.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has escalated a row with France over a scrapped submarine deal, saying his nation will not accept "sledging" and "slurs". On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he knew Morrison had lied to him about his intentions to renege on the deal.

US Studies Centre CEO Simon Jackman says The Australian’s headline suggesting President Joe Biden threw Australia under the bus could be a “bit of a fire back” at the US leader’s handling of Australia and France’s fallout.

French President Emmanuel Macron is postponing planned trade sanctions on Britain so negotiators from both sides can work on new proposals to defuse their dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights. France had earlier said that,

Scott Morrison insists he won't accept "sledging of Australia" after being branded a liar by French President Emmanuel Macron over the scrapping of a $90 billion submarine deal.The prime minister maintains Mr Macron knew there were problems with the Naval Group project before Australia announced it was torpedoing it.

Listening to Angus Taylor on “Insiders”, I was impressed that he summed up the situation on net zero so honestly and openly. First, it would be wrong for this government to commit future governmen

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will “happily work with France on projects of mutual interest” but it may take a while for tensions to subside. At the conclusion of the G20 summit in Rome on Sunday French President Emmanuel Macron was asked by Australian journalists whether Mr Morrison had …

Canada won the decisive doubles match to secure a surprise 2-1 victory over defending champions France in Group A of the Billie Jean King Cup finals. After the two nations split the opening singles matches,

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has insisted Australia’s defence interest “had to come first” amid tensions about the axed $90 billion French submarine deal. On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron was asked by Australian journalists whether Scott Morrison had lied to him when cancelling the Naval Group’s submarines contract at the …