Article 5PQYC ‘We felt fooled’: France still furious after Australia scraps $90bn submarine deal

‘We felt fooled’: France still furious after Australia scraps $90bn submarine deal

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Amy Remeikis
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Maybe we're not friends,' recalled ambassador says, claiming Scott Morrison kept us in the dark intentionally'

French anger at the Morrison government's decision to scrap its $90bn submarine program with France continues to boil over, with the country's recalled ambassador saying it felt fooled" by the announcement.

Jean-Pierre Thebault was ordered back to Paris in the wake of the Aukus announcement, which will see Australia enter into a strategic forever partnership" with the US and the UK.

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