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A common European defense requires a common European political will. Time to digest Ursula von der Layen's State of the Union address, and Europe after Afghanistan receives another signal from Washington: alliance in the Pacific area, at sea a contract worth over 50 billion between France and Australia. Foreign Minister Le Drian answers that question that has haunted the European chancelleries for months: yes, Biden acts like Trump. We said Europe but here the contractor was France: doing it alone is more difficult in Paris than in Washington. Le Parisien Contract of the century. Why America torpedoes France. "It's not like that between allies." Paris reacted strongly yesterday after the brutal cancellation of the supply of 12 submarines to Australia.At the helm the United States Too expensive, too complex, too slow. Australians opposed to the French mega contract for submarines have been repeating their criticisms for several months. But this offensive alone does not explain Wednesday's turnaround, French diplomats believe, indicating a major change in strategy by Canberra. The escalation of tensions with China has prompted Australians to align with the United States, which seeks alliances in the Pacific. The turnaround is brutal and will leave traces. Ouest France Contract of the century with Australia: the great French disappointment. In Naval Group shipyards it is like an earthquake. Shocked, Cherbourg takes the betrayal badly "It is a stab from Australia, and perhaps also from the Americans with theJoe Biden's arrival in the game which upset the situation ", says Benoît Arrivé, Mayor of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche)." Two weeks ago, Naval Group had received written confirmation from Australia for the next phase ... " . Many of the 3,400 employees and 1,600 associates got punched in the stomach yesterday morning. When they left the site for their lunch break, most would close up like oysters, following the written instructions received just before noon. They invited everyone to " a certain restraint with the media and on social media ". Some transgress, on condition of anonymity:" It's like after a lost boxing match, we are stunned. "Everyone fears social collapse, the cancellation of scheduled hiring NYT The Pact for Defense of the United States with theAustralia angers France. Divisions and tension between allies over China's containment policy. The contract to supply nuclear submarines raises the stakes in the Pacific region. Le Echos The background to a crisis. Naval Group had absolutely no inkling of a cancellation of the contract, which provided for the delivery to Australia of twelve conventional submarines, with diesel-electric propulsion. But Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suddenly decided to change strategy: Australia will now opt for nuclear submarines. The French contract was therefore broken and a new partnership signed with the United States and Great Britain. Canberra will receive at least eight state-of-the-art nuclear-powered submarines. Scott Morrison, among other things, breaks an old political taboo.France is not the only one to have expressed its discontent loud and clear. For China "this nuclear submarine pact seriously undermines regional peace and stability, intensifies the arms race and undermines international nuclear non-proliferation efforts". The Indo-Pacific zone is a place of indirect confrontation between Beijing, which seeks to extend its area of influence, and Washington, which seeks to contain it. This vast space, which extends from the coasts of East Africa to the coasts of Western America, is highly strategic from a military but also an economic point of view: it could contribute to about 60% of world GDP by 2030, recalls the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Liberation Not so peaceful.Canberra's rupture of the contract of the century in favor of American submarines unleashes the anger of French diplomacy, which sees its strategy weakened in the Indo-Pacific area. By announcing without warning the formation of a pact with Canberra and London, Joe Biden shows that his priority remains the interest of his country. Prove to the few who still doubted that America, led by Joe Biden, Donald Trump, or George W. Bush, has only its own interests in mind or those it perceives as such. Even at the cost of committing, in outbursts of unilateralism that does not always call by their name, mistakes with devastating consequences, and not just for her. The war in Iraq is the best contemporary illustration of this. Not without some irony, as the Iraqi fiasco is no longer in doubt:yet Joe Biden referred to Iraq to greet this alliance between Washington, London and Canberra. Le Figaro Diplomatic crisis between France and the United States. The cancellation under American pressure of the maxi submarine contract by Australia is seen by Paris as a blow in the back that undermines relations between allies published: Philippe Gélie: from the contract of the century to the disgrace of the year get used to Washington's bad manners, especially when its military industry is at stake. And that's just the beginning. The warning to China is clear: Australia becomes an American platform, which could soon welcome American long-range missiles. And if necessary, it could become a nuclear power itself.The French reaction will say what place it occupies in the game of the Great Powers. Rather than recalling his ambassador or leaving NATO, as Melenachon calls, it is his ability to unite Europeans in the strategic autonomy project that can make the difference. This is the urgency. Die Presse Europe in shock over the price of electricity. This winter will be expensive. Shortly before the start of the heating season, gas storage facilities in Europe are as empty as they have been for a long time. And the prices of electricity and natural gas on the stock exchange rise to new record highs almost every day. Gas is three times more expensive today than at the beginning of the year. And those who want to buy wholesale electricity have to pay more than double what they did a few months ago.The Australian Epochal Alliance. A historic turning point for our country The Australian left is in trouble, opposed to the agreement and the hypothesis of a nuclear future for the defense of the country, bypassed and surprised by Biden's move. Paul Keating, Labor, prime minister in the early 1990s: thus we compromise Australian sovereignty. Welt The agreement on Australian submarines outrages Beijing. USA United Kingdom and Australia sign an agreement for nuclear technology in defense and forge an anti-Chinese alliance in the Indo-Pacific area. Biden offends Europe. Clemens Wergin writes: After the tumultuous Trump presidency, Biden promised with noble words a new era of cooperation in transatlantic relations. His actions speak a different language,it does not matter whether with the withdrawal from Afghanistan, now with the new defense agreement with Australia or with the restrictions on the entry of Europeans into the United States. In doing so, Biden consumed much of the credit that Europeans had given him after his election. WSJ China moves to respond to the American Pacific alliance. The French understand their references to Trump as an insult to Biden. France will lose much of a $ 39 billion arms deal, and the French embassy in Washington has gone so far as to cancel a dinner tonight to celebrate the 240th anniversary of French naval assistance in the American Revolution. There is no spite like the French spite.Yet this AUKUS alliance is worth the temporary tension as the US seeks to maintain a favorable military balance in Asia-Pacific. Australia is not part of NATO, but it is under Chinese pressure. Beijing imposed tariffs on Australian food and commodities after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. Beijing's strategy is to divide and conquer, and the AUKUS initiative shows Western solidarity. Focusing on submarines as a first step also sends the right message. China's recent naval rearmament has been extraordinary and Beijing's stated ambition is to control Taiwan and dominate disputed waters in the Western Pacific. AUKUS 'message toEurope is that the United States is serious about resisting Chinese hegemony in Asia-Pacific. Europe cannot play China's divide-and-rule game on economic and strategic issues without consequences for its relations with the United States. The Atlantic The New World Order by Joe Biden, by Tom McTague. The decision to invite Beijing into the world economic system in 2001 did not lead to anything like a more liberal or democratic China as world leaders had imagined, just a more powerful opponent that has grown and grown again as the United States and its allies they were distracted in the Middle East and Afghanistan. The new military alliance to contain the rise of Beijing seems, at first glance, the reassertion of the old order,but in reality it is one of the first murmurs of a new one that takes its place. Is Washington Post Biden Normalizing Trump's Foreign Policy? Fareed Zackaria: Next week, on September 21, President Biden will make his first speech at the United Nations General Assembly. This speech comes at a pivotal time in the Biden presidency and will have a particular impact on how he will be viewed overseas. This is because of the abrupt and one-sided way in which Biden withdrew American troops from Afghanistan. A German diplomat told me that, in his opinion, Berlin was consulted more by the Trump administration than by this one. Then there was the submarine agreement, which infuriated the French. A senior European diplomat observed that, in relations with Washington on everything,from vaccines to travel restrictions, Biden's policies are "America First in logic, whatever the rhetoric". A Canadian politician told me that Biden's "Buy America" plans are actually more protectionist than Trump's. Biden can use the UN pulpit to return to his deep roots as an internationalist, as a standard bearer of multilateralism. but if he continues his current course, historians may someday regard him as the president who normalized Donald Trump's foreign policy. Time Mag The 100 Most Influential People in the World. There are also Prince Harry and Meghan. There is also Alexey Navalny, whose portrait is drawn by Gary Kasparov: In a world increasingly focused on self-interest and self-preservation, the activist ofRussian opposition Alexei Navalny this year did the unimaginable: he was selfless and courageous. In January, after recovering from near-fatal poisoning in Germany, Navalny returned to Russia. Navalny is now in one of Russia's worst prisons, his life in the hands of a dictator who, according to all evidence, has already attempted to kill him once for exposing his regime's grotesque corruption. Navalny sees no alternative to risking everything to make a difference in his country. Even the all-powerful Vladimir Putin recognizes the strength of one fearless man.Navalny is now in one of Russia's worst prisons, his life in the hands of a dictator who, according to all evidence, has already attempted to kill him once for exposing his regime's grotesque corruption. Navalny sees no alternative to risking everything to make a difference in his country. Even the all-powerful Vladimir Putin recognizes the strength of one fearless man.Navalny is now in one of Russia's worst prisons, his life in the hands of a dictator who, according to all evidence, has already attempted to kill him once for exposing his regime's grotesque corruption. Navalny sees no alternative to risking everything to make a difference in his country. Even the all-powerful Vladimir Putin recognizes the strength of one fearless man.   

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17 September 2021 A common European defense requires a common European political will.

Time to digest Ursula von der Layen's State of the Union address, and Europe after Afghanistan receives another signal from Washington: alliance in the Pacific area, at sea a contract worth over 50 billion between France and Australia.

Foreign Minister Le Drian answers that question that has haunted the European chancelleries for months: yes, Biden acts like Trump.

We said Europe but here the contractor was France: doing it alone is more difficult in Paris than in Washington

Le Parisien

Contract of the century. Why America torpedoes France.

"This is not the case between allies." Paris reacted strongly yesterday after the brutal cancellation of the supply of 12 submarines to Australia. At the helm the United States

Too expensive, too complex, too slow. Australians opposed to the French mega contract for submarines have been repeating their criticisms for several months. But this offensive alone does not explain Wednesday's turnaround, French diplomats believe, indicating a major change in strategy by Canberra.

The escalation of tensions with China has prompted Australians to align with the United States, which seeks alliances in the Pacific. The turnaround is brutal and will leave traces.

Ouest France

Contract of the century with Australia: the great French disappointment.

In Naval Group shipyards it is like an earthquake. Shocked, Cherbourg takes the betrayal badly

"It is a stab from Australia, and perhaps also from the Americans with the arrival of Joe Biden in the game that has upset the situation", says Benoît Arrivé, mayor of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche). "Two weeks ago, Naval Group had received written confirmation from Australia for the next phase ...". Many of the 3,400 employees and 1,600 associates got punched in the stomach yesterday morning. When they left the site for their lunch break, most would close up like oysters, following the written instructions received just before noon. They invited everyone to "a certain restraint with the media and on social networks". Some transgress, on condition of anonymity: "It's like after a lost boxing match, we're stunned." Everyone fears social collapse,the cancellation of scheduled recruitments

NYT US

Defense Pact with Australia angers France.

Divisions and tension between allies over China's containment policy.

The contract to supply nuclear submarines raises the stakes in the Pacific region.

Le Echos

The background to a crisis.

Naval Group had absolutely no inkling of a cancellation of the contract, which provided for the delivery to Australia of twelve conventional submarines, with diesel-electric propulsion. But Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suddenly decided to change strategy: Australia will now opt for nuclear submarines. The French contract was therefore broken and a new partnership signed with the United States and Great Britain. Canberra will receive at least eight state-of-the-art nuclear-powered submarines. Scott Morrison, among other things, breaks an old political taboo. France is not the only one to have expressed its discontent loud and clear. For China "this nuclear submarine pact seriously undermines regional peace and stability,intensifies the arms race and undermines international nuclear non-proliferation efforts. "The Indo-Pacific zone is a place of indirect confrontation between Beijing, which seeks to extend its area of influence, and Washington, which seeks to contain it. This vast space , which extends from the coasts of East Africa to the coasts of Western America, is highly strategic from a military but also an economic point of view: it could contribute to about 60% of world GDP by 2030, recalls the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Western America is highly strategic from a military but also an economic point of view: it could contribute to about 60% of world GDP by 2030, recalls the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Western America is highly strategic from a military but also an economic point of view: it could contribute to about 60% of world GDP by 2030, recalls the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Liberation

Not so peaceful. Canberra's rupture of the contract of the century in favor of American submarines unleashes the anger of French diplomacy, which sees its strategy weakened in the Indo-Pacific area. By announcing without warning the formation of a pact with Canberra and London, Joe Biden shows that his priority remains the interest of his country. Prove to the few who still doubted that America, led by Joe Biden, Donald Trump, or George W. Bush, has only its own interests in mind or those it perceives as such. Even at the cost of committing, in outbursts of unilateralism that does not always call by their name, mistakes with devastating consequences, and not just for her. The war in Iraq is the best contemporary illustration of this. Not without some irony, as the Iraqi fiasco is no longer in doubt:yet Joe Biden referred to Iraq to greet this alliance between Washington, London and Canberra.

Le Figaro

Diplomatic crisis between France and the United States.

The annulment under American pressure of the maxi submarine contract by Australia is seen by Paris as a blow in the back that undermines relations between allies

published: Philippe Gélie: from the contract of the century to the disgrace of the year

We are starting to get used to Washington's bad manners, especially when its military industry is at stake. And that's just the beginning. The warning to China is clear: Australia becomes an American platform, which could soon welcome American long-range missiles. And if necessary, it could become a nuclear power itself. The French reaction will say what place it occupies in the game of the Great Powers. Rather than recalling its ambassador or leaving NATO, as Melenachon asks, it is his ability to unite Europeans in the strategic autonomy project that can make the difference. This is the urgency.

Die Presse

Europe in shock over the price of electricity.

This winter will be expensive. Shortly before the start of the heating season, gas storage facilities in Europe are as empty as they have been for a long time. And the prices of electricity and natural gas on the stock exchange rise to new record highs almost every day. Gas is three times more expensive today than at the beginning of the year. And those who want to buy wholesale electricity have to pay more than double what they did a few months ago.

The Australian

Epochal Alliance.

A historic turning point for our country

The Australian left is in trouble, opposed to the agreement and the hypothesis of a nuclear future for the defense of the country, bypassed and surprised by Biden's move. Paul Keating, Labor, prime minister in the early 1990s: thus we compromise Australian sovereignty.

Welt

The agreement on Australian submarines outrages Beijing.

USA United Kingdom and Australia sign an agreement for nuclear technology in defense and forge an anti-Chinese alliance in the Indo-Pacific area.

Biden offends Europe.

Clemens Wergin writes: After the tumultuous Trump presidency, Biden promised with noble words a new era of cooperation in transatlantic relations. His actions speak a different language, no matter if with the withdrawal from Afghanistan, now with the new defense agreement with Australia or with the restrictions on the entry of Europeans to the United States. In doing so, Biden consumed much of the credit that Europeans had given him after his election.

WSJ

China moves to respond to the American Pacific alliance.

The French understand their references to Trump as an insult to Biden. France will lose much of a $ 39 billion arms deal, and the French embassy in Washington has gone so far as to cancel a dinner tonight to celebrate the 240th anniversary of French naval assistance in the American Revolution. There is no spite like the French spite. Yet this AUKUS alliance is worth the temporary tension as the US seeks to maintain a favorable military balance in Asia-Pacific. Australia is not part of NATO, but it is under Chinese pressure. Beijing imposed tariffs on Australian food and commodities after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. Beijing's strategy is to divide and conquer, andAUKUS initiative shows western solidarity. Focusing on submarines as a first step also sends the right message. China's recent naval rearmament has been extraordinary and Beijing's stated ambition is to control Taiwan and dominate disputed waters in the Western Pacific. AUKUS 'message to Europe is that the United States is serious about resisting Chinese hegemony in Asia-Pacific. Europe cannot play China's divide-and-rule game on economic and strategic issues without consequences for its relations with the United States.Beijing's stated ambition is to control Taiwan and dominate disputed waters in the Western Pacific. AUKUS 'message to Europe is that the United States is serious about resisting Chinese hegemony in Asia-Pacific. Europe cannot play China's divide-and-rule game on economic and strategic issues without consequences for its relations with the United States.Beijing's stated ambition is to control Taiwan and dominate disputed waters in the Western Pacific. AUKUS 'message to Europe is that the United States is serious about resisting Chinese hegemony in Asia-Pacific. Europe cannot play China's divide-and-rule game on economic and strategic issues without consequences for its relations with the United States.

The Atlantic

The New World Order by Joe Biden, by Tom McTague.

The decision to invite Beijing into the world economic system in 2001 did not lead to anything like a more liberal or democratic China as world leaders had imagined, just a more powerful opponent that has grown and grown again as the United States and its allies they were distracted in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

The new military alliance to contain the rise of Beijing seems, at first glance, the reassertion of the old order, but in reality it is one of the first murmurs of a new one taking its place.

Is Washington Post

Biden Normalizing Trump's Foreign Policy?

Fareed Zackaria: Next week, on September 21, President Biden will make his first speech at the United Nations General Assembly. This speech comes at a pivotal time in the Biden presidency and will have a particular impact on how he will be viewed overseas. This is because of the abrupt and one-sided way in which Biden withdrew American troops from Afghanistan. A German diplomat told me that, in his opinion, Berlin was consulted more by the Trump administration than by this one. Then there was the submarine agreement, which infuriated the French. A senior European diplomat noted that, in dealing with Washington on everything from vaccines to travel restrictions, Biden's policies are "America First in logic, whatever the rhetoric."A Canadian politician told me that Biden's "Buy America" plans are actually more protectionist than Trump's. Biden can use the UN pulpit to return to his deep roots as an internationalist, as a standard bearer of multilateralism. but if he continues his current course, historians may someday regard him as the president who normalized Donald Trump's foreign policy.

Time Mag

The 100 Most Influential People in the World. There are also Prince Harry and Meghan.

There is also Alexey Navalny, whose portrait is drawn by Gary Kasparov: In a world increasingly focused on self-interest and self-preservation, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny did the unimaginable this year: it was selfless and courageous. In January, after recovering from near-fatal poisoning in Germany, Navalny returned to Russia. Navalny is now in one of Russia's worst prisons, his life in the hands of a dictator who, according to all evidence, has already attempted to kill him once for exposing his regime's grotesque corruption. Navalny sees no alternative to risking everything to make a difference in his country. Even the all-powerful Vladimir Putin recognizes the strength of one fearless man.

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