The EU super offer to Switzerland: a rich partnership if it buys Eurofighters instead of US F35s

LUGANO – The EU makes a difficult proposal for the Swiss government to refuse, which must replace the entire military fleet, consisting of 26 old F5 Tigers, practically no longer usable, and 30 F / A-18s, now at the end of their career . At stake is an order worth 6.5 billion francs, about 6 billion euros. With a letter to his Swiss colleague, Viola Amherd, the defense ministers of Italy, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, invite Bern to choose the Eurofighter multi-role fighter, manufactured by the European consortium which includes Leonardo, Airbus and the British Bae Systems as a new fighter.