‘French Reaction’ Has Been ‘Utterly Ridiculous’ Amid Cancelled Sub Deal, Says Greg Sheridan

The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says he thinks the “French reaction” to Australia’s scrapping of the French submarine deal is just “utterly ridiculous”.   “Australia has done nothing wrong here,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “The contracts were structured in a way that they were a series of sequential contracts and it was very clear, very explicit … that we had a series of off-ramps.” – “We haven’t broken any contracts; we’ve decided not to go ahead.” “I think Emmanuel Macron’s reaction is ridiculous. I think it’s driven by the French election next April.”   Source:…