Massimiliano Salini (EPP, Italy), rapporteur for the European Parliament on the EU Space Programme, expressed his dissatisfaction on Wednesday 22 July with the budget cuts proposed by Member States, reducing the programme's budget to €13.2 billion.
Member States agreed to set the financial envelope for the Space Programme at a maximum of €13.202 billion, of which €8 billion for the Galileo programme and €4.8 billion for the Copernicus programme (see EUROPE B12532A2).
“The EU cannot...