During a debate on the future of space policy at the Competitiveness Council on Friday 1 December, the Commissioner for the Internal Market and Industry, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, called for a dual vision of space policy as part of the next multiannual financial framework, containing both civil and defence and security sections.
During her introduction to the debate, the Commissioner said, “Space is a driver for defence and security and is expected to break what is still considered a...