15 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2022/2078(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas space activities have become more common, the risk of collisions and debrileading to more space debris and thus potential damage to existing working assets in space has grown, the number of state and private players has risen, a technological and commercial space race is taking place and strategic competition between space powers has heated up;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas threats to the space, civilian or military capabilities of the EU and its Member States, whether accidental or intentional, have grown in number and type and are difficult to detect and attribute to a single actor or source, and unfriendly behaviour, whether rooted in ambiguity or intimidation, has intensified;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas European space capabilities are not sufficiently secure, thand some European space industries are still dependent on third countries, a disparity exists among Member States in the extent to which their national space systems are protected, and rapid and effective response capacity in the event of a space crisis is lacking;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the proposal set out in the strategy to draw up a classified annual space threat analysis document with a view to making Member States collectively aware of the extent of those threats and the action to be taken to address them effectively, and call the first document to be adopted by the end of 2024;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the regulatory and capacity resources for space traffic managementnecessary for the support of the EU space traffic management capabilities, in order for them to be boosted with the aim of better protecting the EU’s infrastructure in orbit; 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 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the IRIS² secure connectivity constellation to be swiftly set up, with an appropriate industrial participation across Europe, and made ready for use with a view to providing constant access to secure and sovereign connectivity services that meet the Member States’ operational needs;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that, with a view to maintainingin order for them to ensure 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;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that capacity for autonomous access to space is an essential element of European space policy; takes the view, therefore, that a special, synergy- based effort must be made to further the long-term production and use of the portfolio of European launchers;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, given the intensification of threats in the space sector, the EU and its Member States must bolsterenhance their capabilities to detect, categorise and , attribute and address a threat;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that exercises are essential to testing and validating the EU’s response to space threats and calls for more frequent and robust exercises, possibly with the involvement of partner countries and international organisations;
Amendment 129 #
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 and start-ups); supports, at the same time, heavy investment in key technologies with the aim of reducing strategic dependence on third countries;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that, if space capabilities are to be developed, the resources allocated to space in the next multiannual financial framework must be stepped up; stresses, in particular, the need to increase funding for space traffic management and, space surveillance, and tracking and threat assessment capabilities with a view to protecting the EU’s space infrastructure and addressing threats; draws attention to the need to achieve coherence in and provide visibility for all the different types of funding allocated via instruments to European space policy;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on EU Institutions to pursue their efforts in developing a European Union’s Earth-Observation service for governmental users for sensitive applications and to consider potential funding opportunities for this endeavour;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that governance must not duplicate existing means or circumvent Member States in areas such as threat attribution, which largely relies on national capabilities; stresses, in this regard, that SatCen’s experience and expertise and its trust-based relationship with Member States and industry canshould be usefully exploited in this area;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that NATO is conducting strategic reflection in the space domain; notes, however, that the EU, in its own right and through its Member States, already has more developed programmes, capacities and institutions that do not compete with these advances; calls for closer cooperation between the EU and NATO to be pursued in areas of shared interest, including via joint training and exercises, exchanges of best practices, staff-to-staff meetings, and mutual briefings while ensuring that the roles, competences and autonomy of the two organisations are scrupulously maintained;