That might be your personal view but that's clearly opposite of both the numbers and the company's history. They made themselves on airliners.
>its CEO is selected by the French and German governments combined
Yes Airbus is controlled politically, although much less than in the past since states sold a lot of their stock, but that has nothing to do with having military activities.
Orange is controlled by the French state, and yet they don't do military activities. Airbus is controlled by 4 states, but it's not particularly linked to their minority of military activities.
> French president Macron, saying that Europe needs "to end military dependence on US" [1]. There's no other company in Europe than can better achieve that goal other than Airbus
Actually France bases most of its military aeronautics on Dassault, not Airbus. Airbus actually has very little military activity in France, it's mostly in Germany, Spain, and the UK.
That might be your personal view but that's clearly opposite of both the numbers and the company's history. They made themselves on airliners.
>its CEO is selected by the French and German governments combined
Yes Airbus is controlled politically, although much less than in the past since states sold a lot of their stock, but that has nothing to do with having military activities.
Orange is controlled by the French state, and yet they don't do military activities. Airbus is controlled by 4 states, but it's not particularly linked to their minority of military activities.
> French president Macron, saying that Europe needs "to end military dependence on US" [1]. There's no other company in Europe than can better achieve that goal other than Airbus
Actually France bases most of its military aeronautics on Dassault, not Airbus. Airbus actually has very little military activity in France, it's mostly in Germany, Spain, and the UK.