MEPs adopted the regulation establishing the European Space Programme on Thursday 13 December at the Strasbourg plenary session by a strong majority (483 votes to 68 against, with 19 abstentions).
As a reminder, the MEPs in the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) have increased the programme's budget from €16 billion to €16.9 billion. They have created a €1.2 billion budget line for the Space Situational Awareness programme (SSA),...