Gemeinsame Rüstungsprojekte: Neue Perspektiven?

In the context of the Ukraine war, the Federal Republic of Germany, together with other EU member states, is supplying weapons to a crisis area and armaments policy is once again moving up the agenda. In the future, Germany and France are planning major armament projects in partnership across all branches of the armed forces, be it "FCAS" to replace the current Eurofighters, helicopters, satellite-based communications systems or a joint tank in cooperation with other EU states. But all these projects have stalled in different ways - with devastating consequences for the future of Franco-German relations and the European security architecture.