Franco-German agreement on KNDS collapses, industrial crisis in Europe

The merger project between Nexter (France) and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (Germany) under KNDS is threatened by strategic disagreements.

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Germany now favors an alliance with Rheinmetall, sidelining France in European tank production.

This breakdown could weaken the EU's industrial defense sovereignty.

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