PARIS/BERLIN: France and Germany will discuss deepening cooperation on nuclear deterrence, missile defense, long-range strike capabilities and space at a joint ministerial retreat, the Elysee said, seeking to show that the EU’s two largest defense powers can still work together despite differences over major armament programs. The meetings come weeks after industrial rivalries forced Paris and Berlin to scrap the landmark Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter jet program at a time the US is pressuring Europe to rearm itself.

El canciller de Alemania, Friedrich Merz, y el presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, se reúnen mañana jueves en el marco del consejo de ministros franco-alemán, cita crucial para…

France and Germany will seek to move on from the failure of a tortured fighter jet project and bolster other joint defence plans -- including nuclear deterrence -- at a joint…