From the Monday June 19th, TheTimes:
How the superjet designed to unite Europe is now tearing it apart
From Adam Sage in Paris
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But today the A380 has become a symbol of all that is wrong with Europe — incompetence, misplaced ambition, greed and bickering.
Far from uniting Europe, it is driving a wedge between France and Germany, with Berlin complaining of the French penchant for state intervention and cronyism, and Paris debnouncing Germans’ stiffling desire for concensus.
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But as stock market watchdogs in France and Germany announced inquiries and Eads started an internal investigation, the line of defence adopted by M Forgeard has provoked a deep rift with Germany.
He is blaming German factories for the delays, German middle-management for the confusion and the German head of Airbus, Gustav Humbert, for failing to alert investors earlier.
The French are also briefing journalists that bumbling German Airbus engineers still use pen and paper because they are uncomfortable with computers.