Aviation News – Germany and France have agreed to abandon a flagship project to develop a next-generation European fighter jet after failing to overcome longstanding industrial disputes between the companies involved. The decision marks a significant setback for one of Europe’s most ambitious defence initiatives and raises new questions about future military cooperation on the continent.
Something like that, probaly. I tried to keep up with the whole debacle. Things that didn’t help was that it seems that they postponed the technical goals after the political intent was decided.So this divergence would later clash in the operational details and goals, another alleged issue was not sharing details (secrecy) , and lastly the clashing ego’s of CEOs.