PARIS — The two most important pillars of Europe’s military space ecosystem — the French and German defense ministries — steered clear of their disagreements to focus on common interests here Sept. 10 at the International Space Summit, organized by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Germany co-hosted the summit, but Chancellor Friedrich Merz did not attend, for reasons that may or may not include French insistence that all European government satellites be launched on European rockets.
Germany’s five-year, 35-billion-euro ($40.7 billion) military . . .
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