Page "Galileo (satellite navigation)" Paragraph 37

On 30 November 2007, the 27 member states of the European Union unanimously agreed to move forward with the project, with plans for bases in Germany and Italy.

Spain did not approve during the initial vote, but approved it later that day.

This greatly improves the viability of the Galileo project: " The EU's executive had previously said that if agreement was not reached by January 2008, the long-troubled project would essentially be dead.