Europe's new fighter jet at risk amidst Franco-German ownership disputes

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Europe's new fighter jet at risk amidst Franco-German ownership disputes  Germany is accusing French manufacturer Dassault of blocking negotiations over the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/09/01/europes-new-fighter-jet-at-risk-amidst-franco-german-ownership-disputes  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The FCAS programme faces fresh uncertainty following a dispute between its manufacturers.

00:07Launched in 2017 by France, Germany and Spain, this project aims to strengthen European defence

00:14by developing a 6th generation fighter aircraft supported by interconnected drones within a combat cloud.

00:19The German Defence Ministry accused French industry of blocking the project after Dassault's CEO

00:26called for single management of the fighter jet programme. However, it is unlikely that Dassault will get full control of the programme.

00:34There are other parts of this SCAF project, for example a combat cloud,

00:41an digital infrastructure to exchange information, to connect to other devices,

00:47and to non piloted drones, which should also be developed by Airbus and the German side.

00:59Following the management dispute, some German voices are threatening to leave the project.

01:04Germany could turn to a rival project for a 6th generation fighter jet developed by Italy, the UK and Japan.

01:10Other transatlantic-minded German voices are arguing in favour of buying more American F-35s,

01:16to the detriment of Europe's strategic autonomy.

01:19It will have a cost for the franco-allemande bilateral relations, but also for the European sovereignty,

01:26in a general way, since the SCAF project and its Jumeau project, the MGCS,

01:31the Chars of the Future, were in some sense the two main projects of this idea,

01:40of this vision of a more sovereign Europe.

01:42The FCAS was discussed on Friday at the Franco-German Council of Ministers in Toulon.

01:47The German Chancellor and the French President reaffirmed their commitment to the project,

01:51but hinted at the possibility of adjustments.

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