Originally Posted by
rattman
From the AFR
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal...p594xrEmmanuel Macron warned Scott Morrison in June “I don’t like losing” after the Prime Minister informed him over dinner that Australia felt the French submarines were not fit for purpose.
In September, two days before Mr Morrison
announced the formation of the AUKUS alliance and was trying to set up a call with the French President to inform him of Australia’s decision to scrap the subs contract, Mr Macron messaged the Prime Minister to ask: “Should I expect good or bad news for our joint submarines ambitions?”
On the day before the announcement, Mr Macron refused to take Mr Morrison’s call which, the federal government believes, was because he knew what it was about.
Sounds a lot like what desperate X's do, if I dont pickup the phone we aren't broken up
Macron is performing a very obvious "diplomatic flounce".
Given the pressure on him domestically his response is exactly as to be expected.
The one thing you can always count on French leaders to do when they don't get their own way is throw their toys out the pram. De Gaulle was a past master at it.