15 Amendments of Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS related to 2022/2078(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU Member States’ Heads of State or Government in the Versailles Declaration of March 11, 2022, placed the emphasis on the necessity of increased investment in strategic enablers, including cybersecurity and space-based connectivity, in order to enhance EU defence capabilities and effectively carry out a comprehensive range of EU missions and operations;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the development of “New Space” private space capabilities constitutes opportunities of innovation in cooperation with Member States but also challenges; whereas such private capabilities have been used in the context of the illegal war of aggression of Russia against Ukraine, for example when Starlink suspended the services it was providing to Ukraine;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the deliberate creation of debris fields by malicious actors, using anti-satellite missiles, can lead to collisional cascading (Kessler syndrome), preventing safe access to space; whereas such actions constitute a type of hybrid warfare;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas threats of that kind also have major humanitarian and crisis management effects, as those capacities are often used to assist people affected by emergencies (natural disasters or armed conflicts), as well as to monitor climate change effects (wildfire, sea currents, crops);
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas European space capabilities are not sufficiently secure, the European space industries are dependent on third countries, a disparityies exists among Member States in the extent to which their national space systems are protected and financially supported, and rapid and effective response capacity in the event of a space crisis is lacking;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas space is one of the fastest growing economic sectors, the aggregated annual spending of EU Member States on civil space operations roughly amounts to only one-third of the United States' spending and half of China's spending with such significant disparity making it challenging to achieve the EU’s goal of open strategic autonomy in space;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the findings and high level of ambition in the recommendations proposed in the EU space strategy in the area of security and defence, which lives up to the high expectations of European players in the space sector, and calls for the recommended actions to be taken in a swift and effective manner, in accordance to the EU’s guiding principle of open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the upsurge in risks and threats in space and on space systems, either ground- (ground stations, launchers) or space-based (satellites), is good reason to bolster the resilience of space infrastructure, systems and services;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the regulatory and capacity resources for space traffic management to be boosted with the aim of better protecting the EU’s infrastructure in orbit; calls on theinsists on the fact that the EU should not rely on third-party space surveillance systems; calls therefore on the European Union and its Member States to consolidatestrengthen their efforts in the field of space surveillance and the tracking of objects in an effort to reducing the risk of collision;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the regulatory and capacity resources for space traffic management to be boosted with the aim of better protecting the EU’s infrastructure in orbit and reducing the space sector's environmental footprint; calls on the Member States to consolidate their efforts in the field of space surveillance and the tracking of objects in an effort to reducing the risk of collision;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that, with a view to maintaining continuity of service if an incident takes place, protective measures should be made more robust by systematically integrating cybersecurity requirements by design and throughout the lifespan of existing components; recalls that, in order to prevent long-term effects of any temporary or permanent degraded access to space, it is necessary to maintain autonomous ground-systems such as inertial navigation systems;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that space domain awareness (SDA) is essential to attributing a threat and enabling Member States to take appropriate decisions in the event of a space attack; recalls that any response to an attack must be proportionate to its nature, from non-kinetic to kinetic action, and reversibility (permanent or temporary); encourages the Member States to supply the information needed to attribute hostile behaviour, for which secure, robust and reliable communication and exchange capabilities at EU level will need to be established;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the EU to adopt a genuine industrial policy and to be able to draw upon a competitive industry; takes the view that EU support to enable Member States to develop their capacity must primarily benefit European industrial players (both long-established groups and innovative SMEs); supports, at the same time, heavy investment in key technologies, including in disruptive space technologies, with the aim of reducing strategic dependence on third countries;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that EU and Member State resilience and their response to hostile actions in space, particularly malicious threats to EU space assets in outer space, such as the testing of anti-satellite weapons as demonstrated by Russia in 2021, must be underpinned by clear, flexible and responsive governance;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is concerned by situations where the decision to allow or suspend the use of satellite communication networks is left to private companies and their impact on the conduct of military operations, considering the increasing role that "New Space" private space companies play; calls for the establishment of specific measures to ensure that private space companies providing a service are considered, in times of crisis, as private entities with a public service mission in order to prevent any suspension or degraded access to space services, in particular satellite communication;