Back in the day De Gaulle and Churchill didn’t really see eye to eye but Churchill being a son of the Empire and half American loved the power of NATO and Five Eyes being an exclusive club of trusted brethren.
He kept De Gaulle out of the club and in return De Gaulle spent 1950 to 1970 preventing the U.K. from entering the EEC.( EU).
The French ( Gauls) have a reputation for espionage done their way never quite on board with the ( Anglo Saxons). The best example of this is back in the 80s when Greenpeace were protested against French Nuclear Tests in the atolls of FrenchPolynesia.
After Snowden there was a report that the German secret service had started using manual typewriters again as they being outside of FIVEEYES felt threatened by France, Russia and Mossad as well.
The second tier outside of 5 eyes only get access to some information.
Back in the day De Gaulle and Churchill didn’t really see eye to eye but Churchill being a son of the Empire and half American loved the power of NATO and Five Eyes being an exclusive club of trusted brethren.
He kept De Gaulle out of the club and in return De Gaulle spent 1950 to 1970 preventing the U.K. from entering the EEC.( EU).
The French ( Gauls) have a reputation for espionage done their way never quite on board with the ( Anglo Saxons). The best example of this is back in the 80s when Greenpeace were protested against French Nuclear Tests in the atolls of FrenchPolynesia.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/06/438036449/french-agent-apologizes-for-blowing-up-greenpeace-ship-in-1985?t=1616403139834
Their boat was moored in NZ in a FIVEEYES member.
After Snowden there was a report that the German secret service had started using manual typewriters again as they being outside of FIVEEYES felt threatened by France, Russia and Mossad as well.
The second tier outside of 5 eyes only get access to some information.