PARIS (Reuters) – Relations between France and the United Kingdom are strained over fisheries, immigration and security because the British government is not doing what it says it will do, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday .
Speaking at a news conference, Macron said the UK had pushed for the Aukus security pact, which it signed with the US and Australia, which had prompted the latter to cancel a submarine purchase contract with France.
The cancellation of the submarine business has sparked anger in France and accusations that his allies stabbed him in the back, but Macron’s comments were the first time he has publicly accused the UK of being “a fervent supporter” of the competing deal. .
“Can I ignore that the British were, it seems, ardent supporters of a contract that deliberately fought France’s interests in the Indo-Pacific to create an exclusive alternative vision?” he asked.
The UK said the Aukus did not intend to undermine its defense ties with the French.
As for the immigration crisis, where relations soured further with the drowning deaths of 27 migrants trying to cross the English Channel into the UK last month, Macron said the neighboring country’s labor policy is to blame. .
The British economic model is based on illegal work, he said, adding that there will be problems until this is resolved.
The UK says it needs French help to stem the flow of immigrants.
(By Michel Rose, Tassilo Hummel and Matthieu Protard)
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