{"id":104335,"date":"2026-06-10T07:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/104335\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:38:31","slug":"merz-macron-agree-to-halt-fcas-fighter-jet-plan-berlin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/104335\/","title":{"rendered":"Merz, Macron agree to halt FCAS fighter jet plan: Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RFI\"<\/a>Mon, 8 June 2026 at 4:09 pm UTC\"\"<\/p>\n

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, on 13 February, 2026 at the Munich Conference.<\/p>\n

(\u00a9 Liesa Johannssen \/ REUTERS \/ Montage RFI)<\/p>\n

The leaders “reached the shared assessment that the companies will not be able to come together on building a joint combat aircraft”, a government official told AFP about the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project.<\/p>\n

“They acknowledge this reality.”<\/p>\n

The FCAS programme was launched in 2017 to replace France’s Rafale jets and the Eurofighter planes used by Germany and Spain.<\/p>\n

But the multi-billion-euro project was beset by disagreements between the firms involved \u2013 France’s Dassault Aviation and Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain.<\/p>\n

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Abandoning the project will come as a blow to efforts by European countries to cooperate more closely on defence<\/a> and present a united front as they contend with a hostile Russia and souring ties with the United States.<\/p>\n

Despite the move to ditch the joint warplane, the German official said other parts of the wide-ranging project will continue.<\/p>\n

“The actual core of FCAS is to be continued as a European system,” the official said, describing it as a “nervous system that networks aircraft, drones, and other components into an integrated whole”.<\/p>\n

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