The Space Summit offers a different tone to the gatherings in Brussels. In Paris, European positions were set out, but with an emphasis on the intergovernmental dimension, almost as if to remind us that, in strategic areas, it is the Member States that hold the leadership, and not the Commission

International Space Summit will focus on four pillars — defence and security, space economy, space regulation, and space and scientific research.

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting dozens of leaders, technology experts and scientists in Paris for a two-day global space summit that opens on Wednesday, as major US…