In fact the priority of human spaceflight, especially in France and
Italy, two major contributors, is close to zero. The stated objective
of CNES, the French space agency, for instance, is the robotic
exploration of Mars. This time Germany managed to prevent a major cut
in the European human spaceflight budget, which is entirely devoted to
ISS, by threatening not to support Ariane at the expected level.
Germany is the last supporter of human spaceflight left in Europe
because Columbus and ATV are assembled there. Kliper was not part of
the deal and got nixed.