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First ever 'Space Council' paves the way for a European space programme

25 November 2004

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Jean-Jacques Dordain and Günter Verheugen

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25 November 2004: First ESA/EU Space Council (from left to right: ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry Mr Günter Verheugen). To mark the first ESA/EU Space Council, ESA presented the European Union with this flag, which was flown aboard the ISS during the Delta Soyuz mission in April 2004.

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The European Union building, Brussels, November 2004.

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Participants of the first "Space Council"

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Participants of the first "Space Council". This is a major political milestone for Europe in Space, offering ministers representing the 27 European Union (EU) and/or European Space Agency (ESA) Member States the first opportunity to jointly discuss the development of a coherent overall European space programme.

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Meeting room before the 2004 "Space Council" meeting.

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From right to left : Chairman of the ESA Council Per Tegnér, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain, Ministerialrat Bundesministerialium für Bildung und Forschung Karl-Friedrich Nagel, German Minister for Education and Research Edelgard Bulmahn (current chair of the ESA council at ministerial level), Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst (current chair of the EU Competitiveness Council) and Hans De Groene Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Credits: ESA-S. CORVAJA