EADS chief Tom Enders to appear before German parliament At the same time, defence ministers from Germany, France and the UK, including Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, will discuss the merger at a meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus. In addition, BAE has insisted that France and Germany, which control around 44pc of EADS, give up their special voting rights and power to nominate EADS board members. To win such a concession, Mr Enders, who is German, will have to sooth an array of concerns within the Bundestag. France is yet to reveal its position on the deal, but Germany is known to be anxious about protecting jobs given the civil aerospace division of the new company is likely to be based in France and the defence arm could be in Britain. It is also understood that Germany is unhappy with the 60:40 merger split proposed in favour of EADS. It is thought to be pushing for closer to 70:30, given EADS's market value. However, EADS and BAE are adamant there will be no changes to the outline agreement.