Apparently the meeting in Berlin last Thursday (19/11) decided that another meeting was needed in early to mid December ...at which, with any luck, Mr. Enders will be able to show nice air-to-air shots of the A400M flying (at last). That should help the Ministers concerned to agree to let the programme continue, while re-negotiating the incredibly convoluted set-up - like sorting out the vague responsibility chain, from OCCAR upwards and downwards. And then there's the money thing ...
Tha French Senate's report on the programme indicates that, apart from alternative aircraft not being available in less time than the A400M, their cost to do the tasks set for the A400M would be even more* ...
Talk of the proverbial rock and hard place ...
* But then, they would, wouldn't they ?