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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has reached a deal on a 6-billion-euro ($6.2 billion) satellite internet system, driven by the bloc’s push to boost its own space and communications sectors and ensure security by cutting its reliance on foreign suppliers, Representatives from the European Parliament and the European Council, the grouping of 27 EU countries, agreed to a deal on Thursday. The European Commission announced the initiative to build and operate a satellite internet system in February. The EU scheme comes amid growing concerns about Russian and Chinese military advances in out…