“So it's not the best context to have trust between us,” he added, before the European Commission briefed ministers on the latest in UK-EU relations. There were some hidden things,” Mr Beaune said at the start of a meeting of EU Europe ministers in Brussels. “We see when we look at the Brexit agreements that are not well implemented, that are not fully respected, we see it with the Aukus project. He said that trust in Britain had already been damaged by Brexit, and warned the EU would need to rebuild confidence before a deal could be struck over the Northern Ireland Protocol. It accused Joe Biden of “a breach of trust” and said Anglo-French relations had also suffered.įrench Europe minister Clément Beaune, who on Monday called for an end to EU trade talks with Canberra, said the bloc was showing “solidarity” with France in its dispute with London, Canberra and Washington. Paris is furious after being blindsided by the pact, which included an agreement to build nuclear submarines and meant that Australia pulled out of a £72.8billion deal to buy diesel-powered French vessels. Britain’s secret security pact with the US and Australia has put Brexit negotiations over Northern Ireland at risk, France said on Tuesday as it warned the submarine row was now a “European issue”.

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