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Without Brexit, could the UK have negotiated the New Security Pact with the US and Australia?

2021-09-17T16:07:15.897Z


THE VERIFICATION - Immediately after the announcement of the torpedoing of the "contract of the century" between France and Australia, Nigel Farage welcomed the Aukus contract signed by the United Kingdom, which he considers to be a consequence of Brexit.


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“Questioning of the word given according to Florence Parly. The French government did not have enough harsh words, Thursday, September 16, to describe the turnaround in the "contract of the century" between France and Australia. While the two countries were committed to a contract worth 56 billion euros for the construction and delivery of 12 conventional submarines, Australia preferred to turn to an ambitious security pact, dubbed Aukus (for Australia, United Kingdom, United States), aimed at containing China's rise to power in the Indo-Pacific region. Direct consequence: France lost the contract, and it is now the United States and the United Kingdom which are responsible for delivering eight atomic-powered submarines to Australia.A sensitive technology transfer that Washington had so far only consented to the British Royal Navy, at the heart of the war

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Source: lefigaro

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