'Seriously worried about their physical safety': Australians in France fearing scrapped submarine project backlash

Defence says it is supporting Australians posted to the now-scrapped submarine-building project in France, as local anger grows over the shock decision to cancel the massive contract.Anger is growing in the French city of Cherbourg, where design work on Australia's submarine program had begunAround 600 local jobs are expected to be lost as a result of the Australian project cancellation

The woman, who declined to give her name, told local media she felt great disappointment and surprise when she heard Australia had decided to switch to an alternative submarine plan. Another Australian, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity, said she and other families were "seriously worried about their physical safety"."We are expected to return to Australia before Christmas, but it may not be feasible."Australia will dump the controversial French deal to construct 12 conventionally-powered submarines to instead pursue a nuclear fleet with help from the United States and United Kingdom.

The amount of us, uk, french subs in our waters is fine why do we need to join the club, we don't have the population for it, better of strategic air defense antimissile, using the vast solar enegry back system knock anything down instantly, includes asteroids

Exaggerating and none sense, we are not that much important in the eyes of French people. Relax and drink your beer.

ABC is a disgrace!!!

afpfr AFP afpbbcom The Australians are so disgusting that they are trying to disguise themselves as victims at this time.

The French public would not give a toss about this. Aussies are perfectly safe there.

No more champagne? Boo Hoo

They should declare they didn't vote for this government unless they did... then they should be afraid. 🤔 auspol

As if the French would attack anyone 😀

And the us of war criminal zio mercenaries get into a war with China next year where Australia will be a nuclear target!

FFS what BS.

Are you not ashamed delivering this to make us 🇨🇵 look like assholes? If there is one thing we won't do is violenting Australian people, but please deliver your elites, PM and others in our streets then it will be a scary story you will be able to report.

This govt needs to be sacked by the GG

mackaysuzie Oh pleeeeeze!!!

Seriously ABC, I doubt the French general public really care about a submarine deal. They have bigger things to worry about and you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Oz (we) cancels sub contract in accordance with terms France agreed to. France goes all Xi and threatens trade sanctions via abuse of its influence in halls of EU. We honour our agreement and France behaves like a rogue state. We are not easily intimidated EmmanuelMacron

Andrew, as I say, we should offer to lease a couple of Barracudas for the interim (2 decades?) and thus enable Naval/ France to build a couple more for themselves. AndrewBGreene

Morrison will go on a holiday soon - his way to resolve problems

The headline doesn’t match the article. Stop being so shitty

It would be terrifying to be stuck in France. Imagine being that close to Italy, Germany and Switzerland in late summer. I don’t know how I’d cope.

ScottMorrison

I can’t believe PM Morrison is getting diplomatic “advice” from AMERICAN advisors 🤔 According to an ex-diplomat of Australia - the whole nuclear sub deal is a “smoke screen” to put a US navel base in Australia 🤷‍♂️

It is disgusting what morrison & his government has done to France. I do not support this new deal & especially the way it was done. This is no way to treat allies & again shows what sort of person morrison is which is not a morally fit & proper person to be PM

Really What are they going to do hit you with a baguette 🤣🤣

Abc drivel fear mongering

Will this cause any damage to the Frog leg trade?

The French could sell those submarines to Taiwan.

Maybe we shouldn’t have come help all those years ago? Perhaps you should remember the situation you were in the 1940s before turning your back on us coz we aren’t paying u for some ocean slugs 🤦‍♂️

What hyperbolic nonsense Expect daily editorialised stories like this from activist ABC who clearly has its nose put out of joint by AU-UK-US creating a serious counter to ABC's ideological masters in Beijing Govt's decision on subs is 100% correct AUKUS auspol TheirABC

Crap! Utter crap! What a load of crap! Who wrote this bullshit?

Blame ScoMo and his constant butt kissing of USA at our financial expense

Did Australia have a contract? Did Australia renege on that contract? If yes to both, French response is measured & appropriate! (Remember Australia’s outrage when China reneged on some contracts with some Australian industries?). Australia’s actions were sneaky, not honorable.

We use to it , Australians have been visiting Paris for years.

Just here for the tweets claiming this is a beat up by accounts who vilify POC and other vulnerable minorities ... I have not been disappointed.

Seriously worried the French will furiously wave their white flags in disapproval.

The same France that ignored the world when testing nuclear weapons in the pacific?

Why would any sensible Australian be in France right now? Apart from Covid France is a dogs breakfast.

The French can’t tell accents say your from Auckland

You mean expats, don't care much for them there choice to live in a foreign country

What a load of crap 💩 Lift your game ABC

Maybe a little history lesson for the French - Villers-Bretonneux? Or better still google Vichy France…. Even easier if you ordered a pizza and it was awfully late and the price changed from time of order…

Any ABC articles from when the French supported blocking exports of Astra Zeneca to Australia?

The French can be rational, but they get angry, irritating and stupid if someone else wants to be?! Isn’t it bully? Who wants to deal with France 🇫🇷 in the future - sh*** joints ?! AUKUS

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