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Title: Italy must think of partnership with France for space: minister
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 27, 2018, 04:59:52 PM

Italy must think of partnership with France for space: minister
Reuters •January 26, 2018


(https://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20180126&t=2&i=1225458225&r=LYNXMPEE0P0N0&w=1280)



MILAN (Reuters) - Italy needs to start thinking of a partnership in the space industry with France after the two countries have joined forces over the naval sector, Industry Minister Carlo Calenda said on Friday.

"We now must think of a partnership in the space sector. We must do so with attention, as it is (an industry with) sensitive companies, but we must face the challenge," Calenda said at a conference in Rome organized by Italian companies' association Confindustria and its French peer Medef.

In September Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri took effective control of French rival STX France under a shared ownership agreement.

The move set the conditions to explore the creation of a Franco-Italian naval defense group, merging France's Naval group with Fincantieri.

(Reporting by Alberto Sisto)


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