Defense minister Francken entangled in a fight with French manufacturer to get combat aircraft: “We have no lessons to learn from arrogant industrialists”

Defense Minister Theo Francken (N-VA) responded fiercely to Dassault CEO Éric Trappier because the French manufacturer refuses to let Belgium participate in a European project for the next generation of combat aircraft. “As a founding member of NATO and the EU, (…) we have no lessons to learn from arrogant industrialists,” said Francken on X.

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