BERLIN/PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Defence ministers from Germany, France and Spain have pushed discussions on a troubled European fighter jets project towards government leaders meeting next week after inconclusive ‍talks in Berlin, people briefed on the matter said.

Boris Pistorius of Germany, Catherine Vautrin of France andSpain’s Margarita Robles met in Berlin on Thursdayto discuss the fate of the FCAS project whose future hangs in the balance over industrial disputes.

France’s Dassault Aviation and Germany- and Spain-backed Airbus are ‌at odds over technology and industrial control – issues ‌that threaten to derail the 100-billion-euro project to renew air power by 2040.

Three sources said no decision had been taken at the Berlin ministerial talks, which took place just weeks before

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