France keeps the heat on Blinken after Biden-Macron call

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French President Emmanuel Macron isn’t quite ready to forget his anger over the surprise that British and American officials will provide submarines to Australia, at the expense of France, despite an olive branch from President Joe Biden.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian kept the heat on U.S. officials following a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Le Drian, who played coy about whether he would meet Blinken at all this week, emphasized that Biden’s administration isn’t out of the woods yet, as far as Paris is concerned.

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