One of the reasons, 15 years ago, of not choosing the An-70 which was already flying (or a re-engined Il 76 with a sort of CFM-56) was the perceived "
lack of industrial quality " of Russian products (in any case, that aircraft would have been built in Europe, only the plans would have been bought from the Russians ) !!!!!
And now we have that thing ....
By the way, who had the brilliant idea of building from scratch the military brand of Airbus in ... Spain ?? but 15 years ago that country was the "new frontier of Europe" full of promises ... and real estate bubbles, along with industrial vacuity