On Tuesday morning 29 May during the second day of the Competitiveness Council, the director-general of the European Space Agency (ESA), Johann-Dietrich Wörner, presented his vision of the future of European Space policy and, particularly, the setting up of an“organisation” backed up by a“Grand Council” for streamlining its operations.
Addressing ministers in charge of space policy, Mr Wörner, explained that he envisaged an organisation that would be able to guarantee greater...