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Airbus is NOT a european project, it is a private company, with many entities being in China or the US, while many european countries don’t contribute to it at all.

Galileo on the other hand is a Commission project, with a budget agreed upon by members, with different views on what it should be (Germany wants it business oriented, France wants it military-oriented).

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"It had been originally formed by a government initiative between France, West Germany and the UK that originated in 1967."

While not an EU project, it's roots come from European integration. It's not a company that sprung up on random private initiative a la Amazon

Technically it is a private company, yes, but it originated as a project created and owned by several European countries, and more than a quarter of Airbus' shares are still owned by these countries.

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