EU must unite after US pact with Australia, Britain: Borrell
A new US security pact with Australia and Britain shows that the European Union must develop its own defence and security strategies, particularly in the Indo-Pacific, the EU’s top diplomat said on Thursday.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he was not consulted on Wednesday’s agreement for Washington to help Canberra build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, cancelling a deal with France to design diesel-electric submarines.
“We must survive on our own, as others do,” Borrell said as he presented a new EU strategy for the Indo-Pacific region, talking of the “strategic autonomy” that French president Emmanuel Macron has championed. “I understand the extent to which the French government must be disappointed.”
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