Commissioner Kubilius says EU budget underfunding space risks dependence on the US

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.

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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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