French parliament uses renewal of ESA’s Paris HQ agreement to raise the alarm about German, Italian space spending

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — A French parliamentary committee used the occasion of the ratification of the law governing the installation of European Space Agency’s headquarters in Paris to portray increased German space investment as a provocation that undermines European space collaboration.

The French National Assembly’s Committee on European Affairs passed the renewal of ESA’s tax-free status and other advantages with no opposition on Jan. 14. But the rapporteur of the measure and several other committee members focused much of the debat on the increased spending by . . .

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