aren't they just trying to get others to invest? and wouldn't such European Investments spur military funding or at least spark some heightened "interest"? or

aren't they just trying to get others to invest? and wouldn't such European Investments spur military funding or at least spark some heightened "interest"? or are they trying to prove that the EU isn't willing "to adequately do space stuff"? the US grabbed a top robotics company from the EU because the EU apparently refuses to evolve the game based on the rule set they created and CEOs are complaining about too much regulation instead of working with the constraints. the US reduced constraints to an absolute minimum and, without question, got much farther than European companies but there is zero chance they can handle all the future load without becoming dependent on Chinese supply chains, or is there? and so they need to drive EU spending and European competition in order to drive the creation of European supply chains, in order to keep the markets diverse and incentivise the EU to strengthen their game on the African continent. I'm out of the loop and mostly guessing ... a lot of middle class Germans are about to be 3rd, 4th, 5th generations heirs, ascending into the 1% and they will have the liquidity to build and expand 3D printing companies in all industries, including metal and construction and German universities are up to speed and I assume other European countries aren't too far behind. then there is the whole 'Wiederaufbau' of Ukraine in the planning, a country with tech talent and space and now more than present in people's minds, which should additionally drive investments and partnerships aiming at next gen city, civil, construction and space tech. would love to hear some opionions.