Activities of Marie-Christine ARNAUTU related to 2016/2325(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a Space Strategy for Europe
Amendments (5)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Considers that awareness of the issues surrounding space varies greatly from one Member State to another; advocates the reintroduction of a space strategy based on free and voluntary cooperation between European States which is more flexible and realistic than the one resulting from the current framework based on Article 189 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses disappointment that only recently the French Court of Auditors deplored the Commission's direct and hazardous management of the space programmes Galileo, Copernicus and GMES; calls for a clarification of governance among the various players in the space sector;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the transport sector offers high potential for emerging, innovative business opportunities in the downstream sector concerning safety, environmental efficiency, data streaming, navigation services and traffic management, among others; is convinced that in order to fully exploit this potential, there is a need for the Union and the Member States to accept responsibility for promoting an approach geared resolutely to promoting European technological solutions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Expresses concern at the EU's policy of opening up its markets to competition, which is one that quickly meets its limitations in a sovereign sphere such as space; considers that the concepts of technological independence and European preference should be central to the concerns of both the European and national authorities; stresses that European industrialists have repeatedly called for strong steps to be taken in this regard;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Questions the free open access to data from the Copernicus earth monitoring programme, which is a project financed by the European taxpayer but greatly benefits the Web giants (GAFA - Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) rather than European SMEs; considers that the application of a principle of European preference, be this in access to data or in choice of launch vehicles, would merely be the equivalent of the practices adopted for similar supplies by all the EU's major competitors;