Austria delays decision on whether to scrap Eurofighter jets


  • World
  • Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018

FILE PHOTO: Two German Eurofighter jets simulate the interception of a plane over the Baltic sea November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Sabine Siebold/File Photo

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will not decide whether to scrap its fleet of Eurofighter jets until a parliamentary inquiry into their purchase wraps up and there is clarity over a judicial dispute related to the deal, the country's leader said on Wednesday.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's comments suggest it will be months or longer before the government reaches a decision that it had said it would announce this year.

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