It’s not like the Bundeswehr‘s aircraft can fly anywhere now. This way they can at least ship them from A to B.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is endorsing the idea of developing a joint European aircraft carrier, as suggested by her party’s leader. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who succeeded Merkel in December as leader of the Christian Democratic Union, made the proposal in a weekend response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposals for European Union reform. She noted that Germany and France are already working together on a future European combat aircraft.
Uhm, have they maxed out on her medication? I guess it really is time for her to leave.
Mit Merkel ist die Fantasie durchgegangen.
Observing Hermann 
An aircraft carrier makes sense, of course, to bring home the broken aircraft of the Luftwaffe after state visits to foreign countries or maybe to save money on Gorch Fock repairs.