Brussels, 23/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - The future of Copernicus, the EU's new Earth Observation System, has now been assured, following approval by MEPs of an agreement between the European institutions on a €3.79 billion budget for the period to 2020. The European Parliament industry committee (ITRE) has ratified the trialogue agreement on the budget for the European satellite programme and its governance. The rapporteur, Vittorio Prodi (S&D, Italy), said: “This compromise position will...