A LOT of money. Those three countries alone have some 550 planes that could eventually be the FCAS (depending on versions, but it’s likely to be the full number, minus a few dozen if it isn’t nuclear capable), and that’s not counting all the planes they would probably end up selling to the rest of Europe that doesn’t have a native fighter industry.
It is about a lot of money. Dassault basically wants the other partners to pay for their research. It is not childish but cocky.
A LOT of money. Those three countries alone have some 550 planes that could eventually be the FCAS (depending on versions, but it’s likely to be the full number, minus a few dozen if it isn’t nuclear capable), and that’s not counting all the planes they would probably end up selling to the rest of Europe that doesn’t have a native fighter industry.