Space Policy: GMES financing continues to divide member states

摘要

Does the EU's Earth monitoring pro gramme known as Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) still have a future? The question seems relevant given that the Council is more divided than ever over the question of its financing, and that the European Parliament has clearly stated its opposition to an intergovernmental programme (financed "from the outside"), as proposed by the European Commission. The member states' ministers met, on 21 February, for the Competitiveness Council and reiterated their respective positions: some favour a reinsertion of this programme in the Community budget, while others would prefer the Commission's proposal.