ESA to hold its 350th Council in Paris ahead of the Intermediate Ministerial Meeting in Rome

17 October 2026

The European Space Agency announced in release N° 63-2026, dated 12 October 2026, that its 350th Council will be held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 21 and 22 October 2026. An information session on the main outcomes of the Council meeting at delegate level will be held on 22 October 2026 at 14:00 CEST. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and Juan Carlos Cortes, ESA Council Chair at delegate level, will speak. The expected topics are ESA's recent mission and programmatic highlights and key developments ahead of the Intermediate Ministerial Meeting in Rome on 15 December. Registration for media closes at 16:00 CEST on 20 October; registered media may attend on-site or online, only registered media may ask questions, and the session is streamed live on ESA Web TV. The Council is ESA's governing body, in which every member state is represented.