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I would like to congratulate Thank Minister Battista for all the efforts which France, together with Germany, put into this summit,

and one of the outcomes of the summit is, of course, this very important declaration on the future transportation.

I will not repeat everything you know about transportation, what we were speaking, but definitely if you look into the next developments in space,

we need to be very practical and to understand what it means transportation.

If we do not have transportation proper transportation and proper launching,

we shall not have anything in space, what we are talking about. We shall not have.

I am absolutely sure that we shall have, but I am just saying that if we do not have that transportation,

we shall not have everything that we need to develop in space, and transportation.

Something which is so basic for development in space,

trains were basic for the development of new territories.

If you look at ancient history, horses were at some time very important.

So now we have new types of horses,

rockets and launching.

So definitely launching is becoming or is Became a very clear strategic priority both for us as the Commission and we are working together with ESA.

I think that today's speech or statement by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the priority of transportation is a very strong signal of what we as the Commission,

together with Member States, will need to achieve. Definitely if we want.

Effective transportation, and if we want to catch up with some other American or Chinese developments,

we need to finance launching of transportation,

and that means the next MFF is becoming crucial from that point of view.

So again, I would like to Congratulate the Minister, congratulate all national governments for their support of this declaration,

which will become very clear guiding principles for our next steps in this very clear priority for Olof us.

Thank you so much, Commissioner, and I'd like to for you all to help me welcome the Director General of the European Space Agency, Doctor Josef Aschbacher.

Mr A couple of words from from the side of the European Space Agency.

It is not without reason that we stand here in Paris in France in front of an Ariane 6 rocket because France has an enormous history in building rocket launcher systems not only in space but also on the ground,

and I really would like to acknowledge.

The decades-long support of France in guiding us in having the vision and in making sure that we have guaranteed access to space over decades,

and this is something that is not to be underestimated.

So I appreciate all the effort that was given over the years and over decades to make this possible. But let me also look back.

Just a couple of years ago when we had a situation in Europe where we called a launch a crisis.

Why did we call a launch a crisis?

Because we did not have a launcher for one year. Ariane 5 was out of service.

Ariane 6 was not yet on the launch pad.

Vacancy had a problem, technical problem we had to investigate and get it back to the launch pad.

So Europe had no launcher for one year, and this was a crisis.

We came out of the crisis and Philippe the Minister at that time,

the head of CNES, we spent an enormous amount of time to really work on that.

We created the RN 6 task force to meet regularly and make sure that we get RN 6 on the launch pad,

but also making sure that we have a stabilized exploitation scenario which we decided in Sevilla in 2023.

So I think Europe can be proud that we have managed to get out of the crisis. The crisis is over.

Out of a crisis stronger with an Ariane 6 rocket that performs extremely well with 9 flights,

very fast ramp up, and a Vegay rocket that performs extremely well and is delivering.

Pays into space and since last weekend we have a new family that means a member of the new launcher Challenge which we launched also in the 23 Space Summit in Sevilla.

That means a new generation that is coming eventually become reusable launchers and build up from small to medium to larger launchers.

So Europe, I think, is now in a good position today.

However, we have to look into the future, and I really would like to thank Philippe, Franz,

but also the Commission and the Commissioner in particular, that we have jointly developed a vision for the future.

The vision goes to 2045, so not tomorrow but the year after.

It is 2045 that we have a time horizon,

because launches are long term and we need to make sure that we have this guaranteed access to space for decades to come. This is something that is very important.

It was adopted by the EU Member States at delegate level, it was adopted by the ESA Member States in our Council at delegate level, and I have to say there were discussions,

not always easy, on some words and some phrases, but we have managed because it is so essential and so important, and this is where we look forward.

I really would like to strongly support the call.

Commissioner Kornelios for his strong support for the funding of the next MFF, including launches, but also many other things.

This is absolutely fundamental for the future of space in Europe.

I would like to fully support it and with my means.

I have no voice in this particular negotiations, but it is essential for.

From my perspective, is something I would like to strongly support.

So I am very happy to stand here in front of the RN 6 rocket together with France, together with the European Commission, and of course all the Member States of the ESA and the European Union who have made this possible,

and I think we have achieved a lot, but there is much more to come, and we look forward to doing that. Thank you. Thank you so much, Director General.

I'd like to invite representatives of those member states who are supporting that long-term vision,

European long-term vision for space transportation to join us on stage for a quick photo,

and then of course, we will hear again from the commissioner about Copernicus.

I'm sure that will be something to look forward to. Every OK.

Yeah. Of your way.

Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you.