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This article reports that the sharp divisions that have opened up within the European Union (EU) since French and Dutch voters rejected the new EU constitutional treaty may force planners to scale back grand schemes for an expanded European space program, at least for now. The EU entered the space realm big time five years ago through a cooperation agreement with the European Space Agency and a white paper laying out a road map for future joint undertakings. The first of these, the Galileo satellite navigation system, is now in development.

The article notes the negative impact of digital technology and technological innovations on print journalism in the U.S. and the European Union's (E.U.'s) tax policy protects traditional print media by taxing paper books at a lower rate than electronic books, then questions the long-term consequences of the E.U.'s tax policy.