Love that French statement. "Replace Eurofighter" is a thinly disguised dig at the jet, suggesting it will be obsolete, while "prepare for a future beyond Rafale" infers it will not need replacing at the same time/before Typhoon.....
My bet is that this will go the same way as the proposed Franco/German Heavy Lift Helicopter of 2010; an idea that effectively subsidises industry for a couple of years but delivers an output that is clearly unaffordable. Germany will then pull out and go its own way (hence the CH-47F/CH-53K purchase..) and the French will do what they did when they pulled out of the FEFA project and try to design their own aircraft.......