May 11 2007
Galileo - another EU nationalised industry
There’s no surprise that the private sector cannot make the figures add up to go on investing in Galileo, when GPS is up and running and available for our use.
Nor is it a surprise that the EU wants to press on with this tit for tat prestige project, to show it is up there with the USA in crucial technology.
Presumably, after all the denials that Galileo has a defence or military purpose, it will now be financed by the EU’s taxpayer money as part of the EU’s military as well as civil ambitions. The EU did not create a Defence Agency for nothing.
??This is very bad news for EU taxpayers, who will be asked to shoulder the burden of a non commercial project. It is also bad news if the Chinese involvement in the scheme does damage to intelligence sharing and joint defence projects with the USA.
John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...
Why are we allied with these Europeans at all? Is there a tangible advantage for us?
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