I'm not questioning the technologies. Just the nationalistic political tendencies of the land.

Joe Cullum Wrote:
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> CAF makes nice equipment for Europe.
>
> Too bad Amtrak politics didn't favor them in the
> USA for the Viewliner II's.
>
>
> Exeter Joe.
>
> les Wrote:
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> > For a government to go so out of its way to
> make
> > sure Alstom didn't sell it's train tech to GE
> and
> > then turn around and let the Italians snag this
> > order is a real head-scratcher.
> >
> >
> > synonymouse Wrote:
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> >
> [www.francetvinfo.fr]
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> >
> > >
> >
> lstom/sncf-alstom-perd-un-contrat-a-700-millions-d
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> >
> > > -euros_3622157.html
> > >
> > > This will not sit well with the Alstom
> workers
> > and
> > > unions in a region already losing jobs to
> > Eastern
> > > Europe amidst a general disindustrialization
> of
> > > France. If I were Marine Le Pen I would
> really
> > > get on this case.
> > >
> > > I wonder if the EC-EU will go the way of the
> > > Soviet Union over time. Local interests
> > > subordinated to those of the big power, in
> this
> > > case Berlin instead of Moscow.