The European Commission is preparing for intense and difficult negotiations with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA), in particular on the role of the future EU Space Programme Agency (EUSPA), according to a memo from the cabinet of Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton obtained by EUROPE on Wednesday 5 February.
The departments of the European Commission's new DG DEFIS (Defence Industry and Space) want to move as quickly as possible....