On Monday 6 March in Kourou, French Guiana, during the launch of a new European observation satellite, Philippe Burnet, Director of Space Policy, made a number of statements. Judging by the substance of them, the European Commission is currently examining the way in which the European terrestrial observation programme, Copernicus, could be used for security activities, such as managing migration flows and monitoring borders.
Ahead of the Sentinel-2B launch (see EUROPE 11740), the senior...