The 'Joint Statement on Shared Vision and Goals for the Future of European Space’ was signed by ESA Director General Jan Wörner and European Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska in Brussels on 26 October 2016. Left to right, Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of the French space agency CNES, ESA DG Jan Wörner, European Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska and Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of EU Commission in charge of Energy Union and coordination of EU Space Policy.