A summary of the proceedings of the Space Policy and European Sovereignty Symposium, presided over by M. Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of the Greater Toulouse region. This Conference was organised by PanEurope France on 17 November 2006, in partnership with the city of Toulouse and the Greater Toulouse urban area community, with the aim of publicising the connection between the definition and implementation of a space policy, and European independence and sovereignty.