EU Backs France in Submarine Row as French FM Le Drian ‘Feeds the Fire’

EU rallies behind France in submarine row as Paris demands clarification from U.S. European Union has expressed its support and solidarity with France as a row deepens over Australia’s scrapping of a $90b submarine order with Paris in favor of a U.S. and British deal. During a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the annual UN gathering of world leaders, European Union foreign ministers “expressed clear solidarity with France,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. The EU top diplomat said, “This announcement (of the deal) ran counter to calls for greater cooperation with the European Union in…