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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7870

23 December 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Council has not reached an agreement on resolution announcing launch of Galileo operational phase

Brussels, 22/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Transport Council did not reach an agreement on the launching of the operational phase of the planned European satellite positions system, Galileo, as had been requested by the Nice Summit. The European Commissioner for Transport, Loyola de Palacio, strongly opposed the nine page draft resolution presented by the Member States that she considers too detailed and binding and, especially, not giving a clear political signal on the continuation of the...

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