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Paris to send Australia bill for contract breach

France is to send Australia the bill for its ‘‘brutal’’ ditching of a $87 billion submarine contract as it emerged President Emmanuel Macron is refusing to take calls from his opposite number in Canberra. Macron was said to be in a ‘‘dark rage’’ over Australia reneging on the contract in favour of the Aukus military pact with Britain and the United States. Naval Group, the company that was to make 12 diesel-powered submarines for Australia, yesterday said it would send a detailed bill for the contract breach in the coming weeks. Its CEO, Pierre Eric Pommellet, said Canberra had sent a letter saying it was happy to proceed with the deal on the same day the contract was cancelled.

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