‘C’est la vie’, Globalists.
After years of being mistreated by the Euro-Globalist leaders, the United States has apparently started closing the door on their transatlantic needs.
On September 9, France will hold the first edition of their International Space Summit, that they are billing as ‘an opportunity to open a dialogue for all to meet the challenges of our times for the space sector’.
Be that as it may, Emmanuel Macron and his boys will have to make do without some of the industry’s US top heavyweights.
SpaceX and Blue Origin are reportedly among four American companies that have canceled attendance at the Paris summit.
According to France’s ministry for higher education, research and space, Stoke Space and Starcloud also pulled out.
JUST IN: SpaceX, Blue Origin, & 2 other U.S. space companies reportedly pull out of Emmanuel Macron’s International Space Summit in Paris.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) September 3, 2026
SpaceX, Blue Origin ditch Paris space summit: France ministry https://t.co/T4MN7TDtWz
— CTV News (@CTVNews) September 3, 2026
Le Monde reported:
“’It’s hard not to link it to the rumours of pressure’, a ministry spokesperson told Agence France-Presse (AFP). ‘We obviously want to continue working with our US partners and allies, even though strategic about-turns and political pressures sometimes make the task needlessly complex’, the spokesperson added.”
“The White House official also told industry representatives that ‘France did not coordinate with the US on the summit, accused the country of ‘anti-competitive practices’, and suggested the event’s panels were not designed to include the American perspective and may diminish US industry efforts’.”
White House pressures US space firms to skip Paris space summit, sources say https://t.co/XHfB5TPeUG https://t.co/XHfB5TPeUG
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 3, 2026
Politico reported:
“Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, rocket maker Stoke Space and Starcloud, a startup that is trying to launch data centers in space, notified French authorities on Thursday that they were ‘canceling their participation’ in the event, according to an official from the French ministry of higher education, research and space.”
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