"Give me a break" ... Resorting to English, the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, called on France to pull itself together, this Wednesday, after the anger expressed by Paris about the security pact concluded between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

"I think it's time for some of our dearest friends in the world to 'take a grip' about all of this," he said to British cameras on a visit to Washington, partially francizing the English expression "get a grip".

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"Give me a break" (let me breathe), he continued, still in Frenglish. “This is fundamentally a big step forward for global security. These are three allies who really share the same values ​​who come together and create a new technology-sharing partnership ”. The strategic partnership for the Indo-Pacific region concluded between Washington, London and Canberra, which aims to counter Chinese influence in the region, results in the termination of a major contract for the supply of conventional submarines signed by the United States. France with Australia, for the benefit of nuclear submarines.

To express its anger, France recalled its ambassador to the United States, an unprecedented act vis-à-vis this historic ally, as well as that in Australia, the country at the origin of the crisis.

This partnership “is not exclusive, it does not try to exclude anyone.

It is not intended to oppose China, for example, ”said Boris Johnson.

"It aims to intensify the ties and friendship between three countries in a way that I think will be beneficial for the things we believe in."

French President Emmanuel Macron is due to meet Wednesday afternoon with his American counterpart Joe Biden on this submarine crisis.

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