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As global dynamics reshape the space and communications landscape, Europe's dependence on external infrastructure is coming into sharp focus. A new analysis looks at what is required to strengthen Europes freedom of action – and why resilient, sovereign communications capability has become a strategic imperative. Discover what is really at stake.

Europe is starting to treat secure connectivity not as a nice-to-have, but as critical infrastructure — sovereign, protected, resilient. DG DEFIS Director Catherine Kavvada on what that shift means.

Europe's flagship secure-connectivity programmes are no longer on paper; GOVSATCOM operations began this year, and IRIS² has been pulled forward to 2029. Catherine Kavvada (DG DEFIS) on turning strategy into infrastructure.

Europe is starting to treat secure connectivity not as a nice-to-have, but as critical infrastructure: sovereign, protected, resilient. DG DEFIS Director Catherine Kavvada on what that shift means.

Europe has the technology, the skills, and the industrial base for resilient satellite communications. What it lacks is alignment and speed. "The real challenge for Europe is not just objectives. It is speed and tempo. Starlink is moving extremely fast, and that creates pressure," says Xavier Pasco of the Foundation for Strategic Research. The bottleneck is governance, not capability. A new interview explores what a credible European path forward actually looks like.