Ex-Australia PM Morrison feared Macron would 'kill' nuclear sub deal: Book
PARIS – Former Australian leader Scott Morrison hid plans to ditch a French submarine contract for fear a furious Paris would find a way to “kill”The scandal, which saw Mr Morrison work in secret with London and Washington to procure nuclear submarines before breaking the contract with Paris, highlighted the fragility of transatlantic trust, with ties still recovering from the 2021 revelation.
Mr Macron was the first foreign leader to congratulate Mr Morrison upon his unexpected election victory in 2019, a sign of the importance of the US$36.5 billion deal, dubbed the “contract of the century”, in which France’s Naval Group would build 12 conventionally powered submarines for Australia. At a dinner between Mr Macron and Mr Morrison at the Elysee Palace in Paris a few days later, Mr Morrison said, he was “pretty clear” about Mr Macron’s concerns over the submarine deal.“I think Emmanuel thought I was... seeking leverage on the contract. Maybe he thought I was bluffing,” said Mr Morrison in the updated book edition, which will be published on July 6 in Europe and July 11 in Australia and New Zealand.
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