# Council and Parliament back IRIS² secure connectivity

Date: 2022

IRIS² is a Union secure-connectivity constellation [Breton](/people/thierry-breton) championed. Political agreement is a completed space-industrial act, not a satellite already on station.

## People

- Thierry Breton: https://factrail.ai/people/thierry-breton

## Drivers

- Industrial-Policy Activism: https://factrail.ai/drivers/industrial-policy-activism

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-iris2-satellite-2022-11-17/
- https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space/iris2-secure-connectivity_en

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-space-iris