To show the strategic and symbolic stake, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, intends to make the trip.
Friday, before going then to Saint-Gaudéric, to the training center of the 4th regiment of the Foreign Legion, the Head of State will stop in Toulouse at the National Center for Space Studies.
The Cnes hosted the first French space military exercise all week long.
About sixty people were mobilized there.
Two years after launching the space defense strategy, Emmanuel Macron will discuss with the operators of the space command (CDE).
He will no doubt be pleased that NATO has decided to set up its next center of excellence in Toulouse, rather than in Germany.
The CDE hopes to be able to welcome this center from the summer of 2021 while increasing its own strength.
In 2025, the CDE should have 500 staff installed in Toulouse.
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