Stuart Nathan

Last week’s poll: the Galileo affair

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What should be the UK’s response to being shut out of the secure systems of the Galileo satellite constellation?

The prospect of Brexit has presented myriad difficulties, including what to do about the UK’s imminent exclusion from the development of EU’s satellite navigation system, Galileo.

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With EU members states ruling that the UK will not be able to be involved in the development of Galileo’s secure public regulated service (PRS), an encrypted military grade signal, once it is outside the EU, Prime Minister Theresa May last month pulled the plug on the UK’s involvement in the project.

In our most recent online poll on the topic, we asked readers what they thought should be done. Should we seek a refund of the £1.2 billion Britain has invested in the project? Should we take the cost on the chin and develop a sovereign navigation system of our own? Should we press the EU to reconsider this decision in the interests of the project? Or should we negotiate access to a system operated by one of our other allies?

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