"Rafale came out better than Typhoon in at least 2 strenuous evaluations."
Not if you mean South Korea and Singapore, it didn't.
The Koreans, the Singaporeans, some of the BAE TPs (most of those buggers are tight lipped) and at least one senior Rafale TP involved in the evaluations have all indicated that Typhoon was the preferred technical solution in both cases, but that its timescales and risks were unacceptable.
In Singapore, F-15 was always going to win, and after BAE's shambolic bid performance early on, being punished by being kicked out before Rafale was a well-deserved kick in the pants.
I'd remind you that Typhoon now has 90 export orders outside the consortium, while Rafale has........... exactly none.
Though why I'm responding to anyone imbecilic enough to compare EFT with an F-16 (and who can't spell sensitive), I don't know.