FILE PHOTO: Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend the face-to-face EU summit in Brussels, Belgium October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and France have launched a new effort to resolve an impasse over the development of a joint fighter jet, Europe's biggest defence project that has sparked tensions between Berlin and Paris, security and industry sources said on Wednesday.
Costing more than 100 billion euros ($120.4 billion), the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) brings together Germany, France and Spain to forge an array of weapons amid deepening European defence cooperation.
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