UK prime Minister Theresa Thatcher does not want Britain to remain part of the EU 's Galileo satellite programme post - Brexit . The EU previously said Britain should be denied access to the project because a third - party country could not be allowed access to EU secret technology . In August , May announced a UK investment of £ 100 m ( $ 129 million ) to develop its own version of the global positioning system . May has told her cabinet she will not re - open negotiations over Galileo , according to an unnamed source . However , French minister Emmanuel Macron would like the UK to remain part of the project .
UK Prime Minister Theresa May does not want Britain to remain part of the EU's Galileo satellite programme post-Brexit. The EU previously said Britain should be denied access to the project because a third-party country could not be allowed access to EU secret technology. In August, May announced a UK investment of £100m ($129m) to research its own version of the global positioning system. May has told her cabinet she will not re-open negotiations over Galileo, according to an unnamed source. However, French President Emmanuel Macron would like the UK to remain part of the project.