Europe 1 9:05 am, October 31, 2021
Guest of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach on Sunday on Europe 1, the former United States Ambassador Gérard Araud, returned to the meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 in Rome.
A first exchange, a few weeks after the submarine crisis, which cost France the "contract of the century".
INTERVIEW
What relations for the United States and France, after the cancellation of the "contract of the century" last month? Gérard Araud, former ambassador of the United States, gave some food for thought during the political interview with Jean-Pierre Elkabbach this Sunday. The submarine affair "is an American blunder, not a desire to harm the French", it "caused a certain awakening of the Americans" on the work to be done with the Europeans. "This Joe Biden visit is quite substantial to Europeans." "Maybe the Americans are waking up, following the submarine affair," he insisted.
But what does France represent for Joe Biden?
For Gérard Araud, this rout questions the European representation for the United States.
"What does Europe weigh against the Americans?", Opposed the ambassador.
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