For the French commune of Cherbourg-en
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:19 am
The idea of ​​the Anglosphere as something more than a group of people who speak the same language is widely mocked by Anglophones themselves. But for foreigners, and for the French in particular, it is a simple and obvious reality. What is the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, after all, if not an alliance of “Anglo-Saxon powers”, so much so that it excludes countries like France and Japan while including New Zealand? , which is not at all a power?
Members of the Naval Group, the French government and French journalists covering defense issues have long been angry at what they see as bias against France in the Australian media and major political parties. Why else would Naval Group have been forced, in a series of torturous negotiations which now seem ludicrous in view of the contract’s permanent phone number library cancellation, to spend at least 60% of the contract value in Australia, then that the American company Lockheed Martin, responsible for integrating the submarine’s combat system, has not been subjected to the same pressure?
-Cotentin, headquarters of the Cherbourg naval base where part of the project was to be carried out, the cancellation of the contract will be “a small social and economic earthquake”, noted West France, the most widely read French-language newspaper in the world despite, or perhaps because of, its emphasis on regional issues.
The people of Cherbourg have made a real effort to welcome the Australians and their families who have come to work or train at the base. In 2019, a symbol of what was meant to be a long-term partnership, Australian artists Elizabeth Close and James Cochran were commissioned to paint one side of the local police station with a massive mural inspired by Aboriginal art. The presence of Australians was even a factor in the creation of the region’s only bilingual public school.
Members of the Naval Group, the French government and French journalists covering defense issues have long been angry at what they see as bias against France in the Australian media and major political parties. Why else would Naval Group have been forced, in a series of torturous negotiations which now seem ludicrous in view of the contract’s permanent phone number library cancellation, to spend at least 60% of the contract value in Australia, then that the American company Lockheed Martin, responsible for integrating the submarine’s combat system, has not been subjected to the same pressure?
-Cotentin, headquarters of the Cherbourg naval base where part of the project was to be carried out, the cancellation of the contract will be “a small social and economic earthquake”, noted West France, the most widely read French-language newspaper in the world despite, or perhaps because of, its emphasis on regional issues.
The people of Cherbourg have made a real effort to welcome the Australians and their families who have come to work or train at the base. In 2019, a symbol of what was meant to be a long-term partnership, Australian artists Elizabeth Close and James Cochran were commissioned to paint one side of the local police station with a massive mural inspired by Aboriginal art. The presence of Australians was even a factor in the creation of the region’s only bilingual public school.