At the press conference following the conclusion of Space19+, the ESA Council at Ministerial level, held in Seville, Spain, 27-28 November 2019, the new Co-Chairs, Frédérique Vidal, Ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur de la Recherche et de l’Innovation, France, and Manuel Heitor Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal, receive a gift of glass bells from host minister, Pedro Duque, Acting Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain.
Ministers from ESA’s Member States, along with Associate Member Slovenia and Cooperating State Canada, gathered in Seville to discuss future space activities for Europe and the budget of Europe’s space agency for the next three years.