Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
One of the issues that affects everything (including the Galileo satellite) is that many EU bodies have their membership legally limited to EU countries ONLY - often this was set up to keep out the US/China/Russia etc
From
Europa.eu:
Members: 28 EU countries + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Norway
As always in things EU the rules/conditions can be bent/modified whenever the EU
wants to.