China’s Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) strategy is a multi-purpose tool to enhance national power, accelerate technological innovation, and drive industrial and economic development.
MCF has reshaped China’s space sector, driving rapid innovation and fostering the rise of private commercial space actors aligned with national security and industrial goals.
Europe has already been outpaced by both China and the U.S. in key space capabilities, weakening its defense posture and reducing its strategic influence in a domain that is increasingly shaping the broader geopolitical balance.
Without credible capabilities, the EU risks being sidelined from setting the rules and standards in the space domain, limiting its ability to defend strategic interests and values.Dependence on U.S. space providers challenges the EU’s strategic autonomy, undermining secure.
independent access to space, at a time of growing uncertainty over the future of the transatlantic security alliance.Drawing lessons from China’s model, the EU must accelerate innovation and better mobilize its private space sector to secure a competitive and autonomous position the global space race.
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