The United States never mentioned any initiative to form a new security alliance and never answered any of France’s questions on the matter, the Elysee Palace said Monday. A spokesperson for the presidential palace indicated that when French President Emmanual Macron met with his Australian counterpart, Australian Prime Minister Scott ...
France has canceled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favor of a deal with Washington and London, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Parly personally took the decision ...