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The following official statement of the EU Commission in 2016 synthesises, better than several pages of discussion, what constitutes the heart of the matter in the European space sector: the presence of different and at time contrasting interests, especially on the security side, and the need of a more effective integration strategy to exploit synergies.
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Paladini, S. (2019). Europe in Space and the Space in Europe: A Complex Relationship. In: The New Frontiers of Space. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19941-8_4
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