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ECIPE paper says Europe's space policy still favours legacy champions

ECIPE authors Andrea Dugo and Dyuti Pandya write Europe made 8 orbital launches in 2025 against the US's 181, its space patent share fell from 11 percent in 2000 to 6 percent in 2023, and EU space startups average USD 48 million funding against USD 317 million in the US.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE occasional paper, 16 April 2026

What it does not test. This paper does not itself commit funding or change any EU space programme; it is the authors' own assessment.

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: ECIPE opinion on EU-wide space sector gap; 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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