Nonsense article, 2014 is a big election year, not 1 single party will burn their fingers committing to such a big-Euro(€) defence project before the elections are over and the new government is formed, something which can take quite some time, just remember what happened last time.
Also the biggest and most powerful fraction are (going to be again) the Walloon PS (Parti Socialiste) who are very French oriented when it comes to military purchases, if they decide on replacing the F16 , the JSF is certainly a possibility but far from a certainty like it is with the current JSF partners.
Offset industrial packages, mainly for SABCA, are very important, I doubt sincerely that the JSF consortium has at much to give as the others (SAAB-BOEING-DASSAULT).
to be continued.................
Also, the ALIS in the F35 runs on Windows 7 it seems with a centralized hub, makes you wonder how secure it will be once it is deployed all over the world in all kind of different hands?
just saying...