After months of heated negotiations, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) reached a provisional agreement on the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) at the end of last week, according to information obtained on Wednesday 21 April.
The negotiations have been concluded, but the agreement still needs to be approved by the Member States, including the ESA Council, during the month of June. On the Commission side, approval is expected in May under a comitology...