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Motion for a resolution
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1. Considers that space-based capabilities and services play a key role in the context of European security and defence; is convinced that current and future space- based capabilities and services will provide Member States and the Union with improved operational capacity for the implementation of the common security and defence policy and of other EU policies in areas such as external action, border management, maritime security, agriculture, the environment, climate action, energy security, disaster management, humanitarian aid and transport;

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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4. Considers a holistic, integrated and long-term approach to the space sector at an EU level to be necessary; believes that the space sector should be one of the priorities for the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, bearing in mind the need to develop EU civil space programmes that can be used for both civil and military purposes;deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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5. Stresses that cooperation between the Commission, the European External Action Service, the European Defence Agency, the European Space Agency and the Member States is crucial to improving European space capabilities and services; takes the view that the Union should coordinate, facilitate and support such cooperation in the area of security and defence;deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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6. ~~Recognises the crucial nature of the relationship between the Union and the European Space Agency; i~~Is convinced that the European Space Agency should play a significant role in the implementation of security and defence policy; ~~invites the VP/HR to coordinate and advance the necessary initiatives and efforts to this end;~~

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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8. Is convinced that the EU-US relationship in the field of security and defence policy should be further developed; considers that EU-US cooperation on future space-based capabilities and services for security and defence purposes would be mutually beneficial; notes the work undertaken towards the third US Offset Strategy; urges the Union to take this development into account when preparing its own Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, and to include space-based capabilities for security and defence within the remit of that strategy; invites the VP/HR to discuss with defence ministers the strategic approach to be taken, and to inform Parliament as that debate unfolds;

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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11. Considers that the EU programmes in the space domain that provide capabilities and services relevant to the Union’s security and defence policy, including the next stages of evolution of the Copernicus and Galileo systems, need to take security- and defence-related requirements into account from their inception; considers that space situational awareness, satellite communication, electronic intelligence and early warning are areas in need of EU-level cooperation in the public and private sectors, continuous investment by, and support for, agencies in the space, security and defence fields, such as the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Agency;deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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12. Notes that effective promotion among Europeans of the applications of EU space programmes that have a direct impact on users, such as Galileo services, is crucial for the success of those programmes;deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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~~14. Remains cautious about the risks associated with privatisation of the space sector;~~deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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15. Believes that the EU should lead initiatives that make European space capabilities and services more robust, resilient and responsive; is convinced that a rapid reaction capability to replace or restore damaged or degraded assets in space as a crisis unfolds can only be developed effectively at the European level;deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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16. Encourages the Commission and the European agencies in the space, security, and defence fields to join forces to develop a catalogue of training requirements vis- à-vis the use of space-based capabilities and services for security and defence; takes the view that EU resources should be mobilised for pilot courses in those areas in which Member States and the competent European agencies have identified an imminent need;deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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19. Is convinced that EU-level investments in security and defence capabilities foster greater and more systematic European defence cooperation with a view to delivering key capabilities; welcomes, therefore, the European Council conclusions of June 2015; urges the Council, the VP/HR and the Commission to develop the necessary framework for EU-level funding;deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
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20. Takes the view that an EU-level ‘white book’ on security and defence would be the appropriate means of structuring future EU engagement and investment in space-based security and defence capabilities; takes the view that this would also allow coherent development across all capability domains in relation to peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter, and the progressive framing of a common EU defence policy;deleted

2016/03/01
Committee: AFET

12 Amendments of James CARVER related to 2015/2276(INI)

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