This book explores advances in European space policy and their significance for European integration. Using a 'framing' methodology, it addresses central questions in European studies in order to form an interdisciplinary bridge between current research in space policy and contemporary European political studies. It assesses the interests of EU institutions in space and how these institutions perceive space policy. Furthermore, it demonstrates that space is a cross-cutting policy domain affecting a diverse range of EU policy fields, such as security, transport and migration, and underpinning the 21st century European and global economy. In doing so, this volume firmly locates space policy in the field of European Studies.

Introduction: Space - Towards a European Space Policy? Thomas Hoerber Section 1 Methodology / Setting the space agenda 1 Historical background and context of space policy with regards to European integration Thomas Hoerber. 2 Approaches to analyzing European Space Policy: framing and other tools Paul Stephenson. Section 2 Polity / Institutional Perspectives 3 The European Space Agency vis-à-vis the EU and its member states Thomas Hoerber. 4 The European Parliament Emmanuel Sigalas. 5 The Council Harald Köpping. 6 The European Commission Paul Stephenson. 7 The European Court of Justice. Section 3 Politics / Internal and External Perspectives Internal 8 The role of European industrialists in lobbying for space policy. 9 Trans-European networks and the management of the single market area from space Paul Stephenson. 10 The European Metal Workers' Federation and EU defence and space policies: framing or hegemony? Iraklis Oikonomou. External 11 Contextualising EU space policy - US, Russian and Chinese space programmes Bertrand de Montluc. 12 Space as a field and tool of international relations Veronica La Regina. 13 Space policy meets the common foreign security policy Geoffrey Edwards. Section 4 Policy Process / Implementing space policy 14 Public Private Partnership PPP and Galileo: PPPs in national and transnational contexts Jakob Feyerer. 15 Towards a EU Industrial Policy for the Space Sector - Lessons from Galileo Rik Hansen. 16 The role of Galileo satellite technology in the GMES for security, safety and environmental protection in EU maritime regions Angela Carpenter. Conclusion: 'To boldly go where no one has gone before: towards a European Space Strategy Thomas Hoerber.