SWP's Juliana Suss argues Europe must build autonomous military space capability

SWP researcher Juliana Suss argues Europe must build autonomous space capability, citing 40 years of European space spending at 15-20% of US levels and Germany's planned EUR 35 billion five-year military space investment as insufficient alone.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted SWP Berlin, SWP Comment 2026/C 02, 14 January 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish that any EU or German programme or budget line has been adopted; the figures and reading are the author's own.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. opinion argues for European military space autonomy; moves no index question by itself. European Sovereignty Index

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