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Berlin declares Franco-German fighter jet project dead in blow to Macron

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Berlin declares Franco-German fighter jet project dead in blow to Macron
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BERLIN — France and Germany have abandoned a plan to jointly build a next-generation fighter jet over deep industrial disagreements — a major blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s vision of closer European defense integration. 



The collapse underscores the difficulty of getting European countries to cooperate on complex and expensive multinational programs, despite concerns about deterring Russia and about the reliability of the alliance with the United States. 



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