A400M european joint venture will be frozen until next Autumn, after final agreement skipped for the fifth time. Main hurdle to the operation, remains the ambiguous role played by the Berlin government. In fact after an initial order of 73 aircraft, in 2002 budget Germany earmarked only EURbn 5,1 of the EURbn 8,48 needed. "Without Germany A400m project will not take place" stated Federico Trillo,...