Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his upcoming meeting with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris is "absolutely vital" in resetting relations between Australia and France.
Australia will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to France s Naval Group as part of a settlement struck by the new Albanese government following the axing of the Attack Class submarine program.
Scott Morrison’s efforts by stealth to secure the AUKUS deal had global ramifications, with the French president enraged and the US president blindsided.