Closure of €100 billion Europe's next combat aircraft project [FCAS]
The Future Combat Air System, or FCAS, was meant to be Europe's most ambitious fighter jet. Conceived in 2017 between French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel
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https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-european-fighter-jet-that-died-over-stubborn-capitalsOpen linkView original on tarte.nuage-libre.fr
So basically 2 CEOs let go a 100 billion deal, because their ego was too big??????
Holy shit.
Doubt it was just about leadership. Germany and France have very different requirements for fighter jets.
The different requirements were known for years. But showing up with no alternative to the press conference now that the deal is finally busted and releasing solo statements instead of a joint one of macron+merz just shows incompetence IMO.
What differences are there? Does germany want them to be GDPR conform and run on Bio fuel/ Solar?
France usually only wants one fighter jet model for all it's military branches, that involves their navy with their aircraft carrier. Germany doesn't have an aircraft carrier.
Also the sources Wikipedia uses:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/08/france-and-germany-abandon-joint-project-to-build-european-fighter-jet
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/german-french-leaders-unable-resolve-fcas-fighter-jet-dispute-sources-say-2026-06-08/
The Piefed summary cut off the first paragrapg, fixed now