5 out of the 7 CDU cabinet members are lawyers.

Can we please call it EUtube?

The second generation of Spectrum will be larger and could potentially be reusable. As I understand this, the current version is simply too weak for all the extra components that reusability requires.

There are other companies tasked with the development of reusable rockets for ESA, though.

https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-selects-four-companies-to-develop-reusable-rocket-technology/

Some background info on the company:

Isar Aerospace was founded by former students of the Technical University of Munich, who already participated in the WARR group which also won Elon Musk’s Hyperloop competition several times.

They received fundings from (among others) Airbus, NATO and a former SpaceX executive Bulent Altan (who studied at TUM as well).

Very impressive achievement already and a real hope for European space programs and independence!

I think it‘s inherently difficult to persuade thousands of banks in Europe (and potentially worldwide) to actively join Wero, or any other service for that matter.

In my opinion, Wero – to be a viable option for anyone – should make their service something that the people can and WANT to use. Maybe I’m naive but adding the option to connect a bank account via IBAN and SEPA mandate shouldn’t be too complicated, right?