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“But, you know, among heads of states and governments, when you mislead a friend and an ally, you lie to him,” Thebault added. “Maybe there is a difference between misleading and lying,” Thebault said. The French ambassador agreed with Macron’s assessment that he had been lied to by Morrison on multiple occasions. “The way it was handled was plainly a stab in the back.” "The deceit was intentional,” Thebault said. Morrison maintains that he did not lie to the French leader and had been clear that conventional submarines would not meet Australia’s evolving strategic needs.

and Britain to acquire a fleet of eight nuclear-powered submarines built with U.S. “It completely demonstrates that nothing has ever been told to us.”Īustralia canceled the deal when it formed an alliance with U.S. “It completely demonstrates that until the last minute, we didn’t know where things were heading to,” Thebault said. Rather than proof that Morrison hadn’t lied to Marcon, the message suggested Australia had left France in the dark. sends a very worrying signal for all heads of state: Beware, in Australia there will be leaks and what you say in confidence to your partners will be eventually used and weaponized against you,” Thebault added. “This is an unprecedented new low, in terms of how to proceed and also in terms of truth and trust,” Thebault said. Macron said Morrison gave him no indication the deal would not go ahead.įrance has condemned the leak as a further breach of trust.

Morrison used it as proof that Macron knew the deal was in doubt after Macron accused the Australian leader of lying during a Paris dinner in June.

Australian media on Tuesday reported the contents of a text message from Macron to Prime Minister Scott Morrison in September in which the French leader asked: “Should I expect good or bad news for our joint submarines ambitions?”