23 minutes agoGermany, France halt joint aircraft project, Merz reacts
Periskopi(12 days ago)
(12 days ago)German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has indicated that Germany and France will no longer continue with the construction of a joint combat aircraft under the project F The CAS, following the failure of companies involved to reach an agreement.
According to Merz, he and French President Emmanuel Macron have held months of effort and an mediation process to get closer to the industrial parties, but in the end it has been found that there was no possibility for compromise.
We arrived in the joint assessment that companies could not find a common language for building a joint combat aircraft. We accept this reality,” has declared Merz.
He added that, for this reason, it has been decided not to continue with the project in its current form. However, according to him, this development removes a long blockade and opens up new opportunities for the defence industry to develop modern military technology through alternative routes.
Despite this decision, the essence of F program The CAS will continue as a “System of European systems”, which remains a joint German-French project in the field of defence.
The two countries' defence ministers are expected to submit proposals for implementing this reorient ahead of the upcoming meeting of German-French governments to be held in Germany in July. /Telegraphy/
