GALILEO – BARCELONA
March 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union's ambitious Galileo satellite navigation project was strongly backed by EU government leaders at their summit meeting in Barcelona and a decision to go ahead is now fairly certain to be taken by EU transport ministers at their Council on March 26th. The summit called on ministers "to take the necessary decisions regarding both the funding and launching of this programme and the setting-up of the JointUndertaking, in co-operation with the European Space Agency."A spokeswoman for transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio said the ...
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