Strange Coincidence . . . or not ?!
Well for some reason, two words jumped out at me when reading the lead post here; "French" and "German" . . . though it is unthinkable that national aviation authorities could be involved in a commercial matter but with the 139's dominating and literally monopolistic position on the 6-7 tonne category, it is certainly conceivable that with the Franco-German 6-7 tonne competitor in development now, anything is possible. Preposterous ? Maybe not :-)