Europe Needs to Compete in Spaceflight, Says France's Macron Emmanuel Macron's call to action at the International Space Summit in Paris last week highlighted Europe's precarious position in the global space sector.
Macron's plea for increased investment, strategic goals, and reduced reliance on US and Russian services echoes a long held concern: that Europe is sleepwalking into obsolescence in space exploration.
Historically, the EU has been content to follow rather than lead in space research and development.