France and Germany said on Monday they had agreed to abandon a joint fighter jet programme due to disagreements between the companies involved, in a blow to European efforts to boost defence cooperation.

Die Entwicklung des gemeinsamen europäischen Kampfjets wird nach SPIEGEL-Informationen beendet. Darauf haben sich Kanzler Merz und Präsident Macron verständigt. Der Jet sollte den…

The €100 billion FCAS project, launched in 2017, has been stalled for over a year