With the french, italians and germans in the EU you can be sure that the funding will be directed and integrated to their own job programs - not on the basis/leveraging of the existing skills and capabilities.
Yes, it is complicated. But if we're looking for/expecting/hoping for a Europe-wide fleet renewal, having each nation design and build its own FFG/DDG/CGs just doesn't make sense. The delays and costs such individual programs will generate are probably not worth the small differences in design that each nation would want.
At the same time, you will find that the already efficient shipyards won't have enough work. This strategy seems specifically designed to support the yards that are doing well, not to allow each nation to create its own jobs program.
I was just commenting, Europe seems to be forever caught between more integration and national interest. I don't know a) whether there's a way out of this, b) and even if more integration, rather than just alignment like here, is a good thing.
With the french, italians and germans in the EU you can be sure that the funding will be directed and integrated to their own job programs - not on the basis/leveraging of the existing skills and capabilities.
I still don't see a way that EU will work as a unified entity. But I also don't know if that would be a good thing. It's complicated…
Yes, it is complicated. But if we're looking for/expecting/hoping for a Europe-wide fleet renewal, having each nation design and build its own FFG/DDG/CGs just doesn't make sense. The delays and costs such individual programs will generate are probably not worth the small differences in design that each nation would want.
At the same time, you will find that the already efficient shipyards won't have enough work. This strategy seems specifically designed to support the yards that are doing well, not to allow each nation to create its own jobs program.
Oh, sorry, in this regard I fully agree.
I was just commenting, Europe seems to be forever caught between more integration and national interest. I don't know a) whether there's a way out of this, b) and even if more integration, rather than just alignment like here, is a good thing.
The Green Toll is paid by burning Coal.
Good luck .