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# Commissioner Kubilius says EU budget underfunding space risks dependence on the US
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-07-02-kubilius-space-funding-interview/
- Published: 2025-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:02:15.000Z
- Description: EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius said the next long-term EU budget must raise space funding above its roughly EUR 17 billion baseline, warning that underfunding risks strategic dependence on the US by 2035.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #opinion, #editor-read

Reported Opinion Editor-read [Euronews EU Decoded interview, 2 July 2025](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/02/give-more-of-eus-long-term-budget-to-fund-space-projects-says-commissioner?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish what figure the Commission's eventual MFF proposal will actually set for space.

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**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-19\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)