On Monday 17 October, ministers at the Environment Council gave their agreement for the European Commission to sign a joint declaration with the European Space Agency (ESA) in the area of space policy, in order to strengthen their cooperation.
According to the text adopted, the two parties will be committed to renewing and reinforcing their future cooperation in keeping with the 2004 framework agreement between the EU and ESA, the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), which calls for...