Austria's Freedom Party wants to buy the Saab Gripen

Two parties within Austria’s coalition government are split over whether to keep flying the Eurofighter or buy new Gripen fighters instead.

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The far-right Freedom Party prefers to buy the Gripen while the conservatives wants to keep the Eurofighter.

Newspaper Die Presse reports that both options would cost the same to taxpayers.