"Morrison is a liar, and I've been cheated on by him several times!"
The controversy between France and Australia over the "hand-torn submarine contract" is deepening the distrust between the two countries. On November 3, local time, when talking about Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison leaking a screenshot of French President Emmanuel Macron's private text message to the media, Jean-Pierre thebault, the French ambassador to Australia, said that this meant that the relationship between the two countries fell to an "unprecedented new low".
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On October 31, the two heads of state met in Rome for the first time since the "submarine storm" led to tensions between France and Australia. Macron accused Morrison of lying about the submarine, and Morrison denied it. At the cop26 climate conference in Glasgow the following day, Morrison fought back, saying Macron was discrediting Australia.
The event then escalates again. According to the British "Sky News" reported on November 2, Morrison was accused of leaking a private text message sent to him by Macron to show that Macron knew about the cancellation of the submarine contract.
The text message was first published in the Daily Telegraph on the evening of the 1st, and the content of the text message showed that Macron asked Morrison: "Should I expect good news or bad news for our joint submarine ambitions?" ”
The associated press said the text message was sent two days before Australia and the United States and Britain reached a new cooperation, when Macron did not answer Morrison's phone and then sent the text message to Morrison.
Macron and SMS Source: Sky News Network
The Daily Telegraph quoted sources as saying, "Macron was told very clearly, but he just didn't want to hear it". Morrison said: "In a subsequent phone call between the two sides, Macron made it clear that he was concerned that the call could lead Australia to decide not to proceed with negotiations on the submarine contract. ”
Morrison's practice of "posting chat records" immediately caused dissatisfaction from the French side. The Guardian website reported on Nov. 2 that a consultant for Macron told French media on Tuesday: "Mutual trust has been completely shattered." Disclosing text messages between national leaders is a very rude and unconventional practice. ”
According to AFP, an anonymous source close to Macron said the leak of private text messages was a "very indecent way". The source said Macron had not previously received advance warnings from Australia to cancel his contract. "On the contrary, the text message shows that the president did not know that the Australian side was going to cancel the contract."
Subsequently, French Ambassador Tebeau gave a speech to the National Press Club of Australia, in which he said of the leak of text messages: "This is an unprecedented low, both from the perspective of dealing with the problem, as well as from the perspective of truth and trust!" ”
"Doing so (leaking private text messages) sends a very worrying signal to all heads of state: beware, secrets in Australia could be leaked. The secrets you tell your partners will eventually turn into weapons to use against you! Tebow warned.
Macron and Morrison meet in Rome. Image source: Australian media
Russia Today (rt) commented that Macron had previously accused Morrison of lying in public, and Morrison's backhand leak of text messages was obviously to lead people to doubt Macron's allegations. But this "indecent way" doesn't seem to have worked either. The Capitol Hill newspaper said the text message did not prove that Morrison did not lie to Macron, but instead suggested that Australia had quietly left France.
The Associated Press reported that Taibo accused Australian authorities of "deliberate deception" that day. Tebow also said he himself had been deceived by Morrison on several occasions. "Morrison has always been known for lying, and he has lied to me on multiple occasions!"
The Capitol Hill newspaper commented that the leaders of France and Australia want to seek re-election early next year, which has intensified the fierceness of the quarrel between the two sides. There is growing doubt about how effectively macron and Morrison can re-establish relations if both macron and Morrison remain in power.
According to RT, the Australian government is now trying to reach a free trade agreement with the EU, and Morrison's tearing up of the contract has clearly brought threats, and the EU has twice postponed free trade negotiations with Australia.
(Original title: Morrison posted chat records, was criticized for "indecent behavior")
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