In conclusions adopted on Monday 10 May (see EUROPE B12717A5), Member States highlighted the particular importance of the role of the space sector in ensuring the security and safety of the European Union.
Thus, the EU Council recognises (point 21) that space, alongside cyberspace and the high seas, is part of the global commons, before noting that these commons are increasingly subject to “unilateral appropriation attempts” and “gatekeeping and conflictual behaviours”. It added that...