"Seen from elsewhere" N ° 60 - In the Pacific, Europeans paralyzed

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The cancellation of the contract of the century by the Australians acts as an electric shock for France.

Following this "

blow in the back

", Jean-Yves Le Drian announced Friday evening that Paris was recalling for consultation its ambassadors in the United States and Australia.

A procedure very rarely used against an ally as close as Washington.

The shock wave goes far beyond the borders of France.

At the European level, this security partnership concluded by the United States and the United Kingdom with Australia on the supply of nuclear submarines leads to two remarks:

• First of all, the United Kingdom turned to its natural ally, the United States, against a member state of their former European partner. “

  The new security agreement with the United States and Australia would never have been possible without Brexit. We are now reconnecting with our true friends in the world,

  ”boasted the former British Eurosceptic MP Nigel Farage on Thursday. This has never been so true even if in this agreement, it is the United States and Australia which hold the principal roles.

• The episode also shows that Joe Biden stays true to himself. The maintenance of trade sanctions against China and the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan (I told you about it recently) already irritated the Europeans, who hoped for a return to peaceful transatlantic relations. With this new blow to a member of the Atlantic Alliance, Joe Biden is making his foreign policy an extension of that of his predecessor. "

  This unilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision, it looks a lot like what Mr. Trump was doing

  ," thundered Thursday morning Jean-Yves Le Drian.

The new military pact sealed by the United States with the United Kingdom and Australia aims to counter the rise of China in the Pacific.

In this confrontation with Cold War overtones, Europe remains on the sidelines.

"

Inexorably, a new logic of blocs is taking shape in the key region of the 21st century, tearing apart paralyzed Europeans

", explains our correspondent

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