2025 COPERNICUS4REGIONS Breakfast Debate at the European Parliament

2025 COPERNICUS4REGIONS Breakfast Debate at the European Parliament

   EU News Events Webinar & Training    December 15, 2025  |  0

The “Copernicus4regions Breakfast Debate” hosted by MEP Andrea WECHSLER, EPP Member of the European Parliament and co-organized by the European Commission, the European Space Agency and NEREUS on 4 December 2025 at the European Parliament. The event featured a policy debate that highlights how Public Administration use Copernicus and benefit their territories, citizens and public policies (download the full report here).

 

 

The event highlighted three new user stories, illustrating the growing use of Copernicus data across European regions. Thomas Wolf (LUBW, Institute for Lake Research, Baden-Württemberg) presented lake monitoring and protection using Copernicus data, stressing that EU support through the Water Framework Directive could greatly enhance their work. Anna Huk and Michał Maciąg (Podkarpackie Region, Poland) showed how Copernicus enables detailed insights to help regional authorities and local farmers achieve modern, sustainable agriculture. Aurore Delahayes (French Ministry of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forestry, and Sea) emphasized that Copernicus provides reliable information that traditional monitoring tools alone cannot deliver.

Anna Huk

 

Aurore Delahayes

 

Michał Maciąg

 

The debate highlighted how the use of Copernicus supports public policy priorities identified for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2028–2034), marking a decade of reform as outlined in the European Commission’s proposal. Its objective was to bring the tangible benefits of Copernicus to the attention of European policymakers, making the discussion relevant to all stakeholders. Participants exchanged views with Members of the European Parliament and regional representatives on the concrete local and regional benefits delivered by the programme.

The event host, MEP Andrea Wechsler (EPP), emphasised the vital role of regions in supporting value chains, innovative ecosystems, and fostering Copernicus uptake that translates space investment into tangible societal benefits. She underlined Copernicus’s potential to strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy in the context of the upcoming MFF (2028–2034).

MEP Andrea Wechsler

The event attracted several Members of the European Parliament from across the political spectrum, demonstrating broad support for Copernicus. MEP Claire Fita (S&D) highlighted Copernicus as a strategic instrument for addressing challenges such as water management, evidence-based policymaking, and European sovereignty, citing its tangible role in Occitanie in managing droughts, monitoring wildfires, and protecting lives. Other attending MEPs included Elena Donazzan (ECR), Paulo do Nascimento Cabral (EPP), Michael Gahler (EPP), and Isabelle Le Callennec (EPP).

MEP Claire Fita

Elisabeth Hamdouch-Fuehrer, Deputy Head of Unit for Earth Observation at DG-DEFIS, reaffirmed the Commission’s strong commitment to Copernicus through the EU Space Programme and its ambition for the next MFF, highlighting the programme’s operational maturity and its value in delivering concrete use cases for emergencies and preparedness.

Elisabeth Hamdouch-Fuehrer

Pierre Potin, Head of the Copernicus Space Office at ESA, underlined the strategic role of Copernicus in scientific research and the importance of programme continuity, highlighting the development of the next generation of Sentinel satellites supported by the €22 billion budget secured at the last ESA ministerial meeting.

Pierre Potin

Regional perspectives were provided by Thierry Cotelle, President of NEREUS, and Tobias Gotthardt, Vice-President of NEREUS, who stressed the importance of integrating satellite-based services into public administration to improve governance and deliver tangible benefits to citizens.

Thierry Cotelle

Tobias Gotthardt

The event gathered around 100 participants from the European Parliament, EU institutions, regional and national offices, industry, research centres, and space associations, providing a valuable forum for exchange and reinforcing cooperation in support of Europe’s regions and citizens.

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