GALILEO
December 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission's plan to establish the satellite-based global positioning system Galileo has been dealt a heavy - and potentially fatal - blow by the EU Council of Ministers (transport), which has blocked finance for the crucial development stage of the programme. The Euro 3.6 billion, (Pounds 2.2 billion), Galileo scheme is designed to allow transport operators, including hauliers to use sophisticated navigational and congestion avoidance systems. Britain and other northern EU Member States, such as Germany and the Netherlands, have refused ...
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