PM hails 'constructive' chat with French president after submarines furore

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PM hails 'constructive' chat with French president after submarines furore
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Australia's frosty relationship with France appears to be continuing to thaw. 9News

Anthony Albanese's first in-person meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron since the election came hours before the prime minister said he had secured an agreement with European Union head honchos to move ahead withAlbanese described his discussion with Macron, at a NATO leaders dinner in Spain on Tuesday night , as "very constructive".Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Madrid, Spain.

The French president said Morrison lied to him over the ditching of a $90 billion contract for a French state-owned company to build a fleet of 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines.Albanese on Tuesday blamed the deteriorating relationship with such a key European leader and the former government's internationally criticised stance on climate change for EU-Australia free trade agreement negotiations having "stalled".

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