European leaders on Monday 20 September in New York gave their support to France, which has had a €56-billion contract with Australia cancelled, as they announced a new defensive alliance between Canberra, Washington, and London (AUKUS) (see EUROPE B12792A1).
At an informal meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the EU Foreign Ministers expressed “clear solidarity towards France” and “clear support”, said the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and...