Ms Schultz told DW News: <\/span>“France is furious.<\/p>\n “It lost tens of billions of Euros in this submarine deal which Australia has now canned.<\/p>\n “Frances does not like to not be consulted, I mean no European country wants to be left out.<\/p>\n “But France certainly considers itself a player.”<\/p>\n JUST IN: Japan prepares for showdown with China over Senkaku islands row<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “It doesn’t like it when it doesn’t get any word whatsoever that this is happening.<\/p>\n “But France isn’t the only one, you know Joseph Borrel, the EU foreign policy chief just said a short time ago today that he hadn’t been consulted.<\/p>\n “That he didn’t know anything about the deal and that it must have been in the works for some time.<\/p>\n “So he clearly didn’t please either.<\/p>\n “But certainly not as outraged as France.<\/span><\/p>\n “Whose foreign minister went as far as to say this reminded him of the Trump years.”<\/span><\/p>\n Former National Security Adviser Lord Peter Ricketts defended<\/span> Australia’s decision to “step up” its military capability in response to the growing threat from China.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lord Ricketts told LBC: “Let’s remember this comes from an Australian request, the Australians had a contract with France for a different type of submarine.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/France-is-furious-over-Australian-s-submarine-deal-with-the-US-and-UK-DW-reporter-claims-1492873.jpg?r=1631897893367\")
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