The nouveau head of Nato? Dreamez on Madame May, say the French after Boris Johnson's ‘donnez-moi un break’ spat with Emmanuel Macron Theresa May was cited as Britain’s likely candidate to be Nato Secretary-General But French MPs say she has ‘no hope’ following the AUKUS defence pact France’s own foreign minister said the pact was a ‘rupture of trust in alliances’
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Theresa May's chances of landing a plum job have been torpedoed – by a row over submarines.
The former Prime Minister was cited as Britain’s likely candidate to be the next Nato Secretary-General, but seething French MPs say she has ‘no hope’ following the AUKUS defence pact signed by Britain, the US and Australia.
The deal resulted in Australia tearing up a multi-billion-pound French submarine contract in the process.
Boris Johnson last week told France to get a grip and ‘donnez-moi un break’ over the issue, but France’s foreign minister said the pact was a ‘rupture of trust in alliances’ and Paris recalled its