SECTORAL POLICIES / Space

European Court of Auditors calls for new strategy to better exploit Galileo and Copernicusservices

Brussels, 21/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Court of Auditors believes that the potential of the EU’s Galileo and Copernicus space programmes is not being fully exploited and suggests in its recommendations, published on Wednesday 21 April, that a strategy be presented by 2023 to support the exploitation of the services offered by the two European flagship programmes.

For the EU auditors, the 2016 space strategy (see EUROPE B11655A9) did not set clear targets for the two programmes, nor did it indicate a clear...