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CEPA fellows say EU Space Act cannot close Europe's launch capability gap

CEPA fellows Federico Borsari and Maria-Doriana Gheorghe argue the EU Space Act, replacing 13 national laws, chiefly binds Starlink while exempting Galileo and IRIS2, yet leaves Europe far behind Starlink's fleet of over 7,000 satellites.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA analysis, 3 April 2026

What it does not test. This op-ed does not report a vote, adoption or funding decision on the EU Space Act itself.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. No move: opinion on EU Space Act's effect on space sovereignty; binding 1, scale 3.. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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