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# Commissioner Kubilius urges EU preference, autonomous access to space launchers
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-01-28-kubilius-space-conference-launcher-policy-speech/
- Published: 2025-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-06T11:28:49.000Z
- Description: At the 17th European Space Conference, EU space commissioner Andrius Kubilius said Europe must not rely on third-country rockets. He called for a long-term European launcher policy, European preference rules and a future EU Space Law.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Reported Opinion AI-drafted [European Commission (DG DEFIS) press release, 28 January 2025](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/commission-unveils-strategic-access-space-initiatives-17th-european-space-conference-2025-01-28%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

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