Activities of Alexandr VONDRA related to 2022/2078(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Strategic Compass and EU space-based defence capabilities (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Strategic compass and EU space-based defence capabilities
Amendments (11)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated the essential need and strategic value of geospatial imagery in military targeting, manoeuvring, and defence;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas cooperative approaches to space services are vital to detect and handle multinational issues such as climate change or natural disasters;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the upsurge in risks and threats in space is good reason to bolster the resilience of space infrastructure, systems, supply chain and services;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises that Member States respective Ministries and Departments of Commerce, Energy, Aeronautics, Space Administration and other relevant departments and agencies should carry out periodic reviews of their functionality, competitiveness and capacity to contribute to the space-industrial base across Member States and to ensure frequent benchmarks and key performance indicators that prioritise their resilience and technological advancement;
Amendment 111 #
10. Stresses that space domain awareness (SDA) is essential to attributingand command and control capabilities are essential to detecting, tracking, attributing, and responding to a threat and enabling Member States to take appropriate decisions in the event of a space attack; 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 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recommends Member States to expand space-related cooperative research, development and acquisition with Allied third countries and partners, particularly those capable of advancing defensive capabilities, resilient architectures and options for capability reconstitution to reduce vulnerabilities and deter potential adversaries;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that governance is unique to each component of the space programme; stresses that those components, which have major implications for the security of the Member States, require sharmonised governanceed strategic outlook that involves the Member States and makes it possible to protect information;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recommends that the EU and NATO should seek to promote dialogue between Member States and the private sector on space-based challenges and opportunities for shared R&D among Member States, particularly SME's and Midcaps in the space sector.
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recommends Member States to support NATO's development as the principal transatlantic forum for consultation on space security; to this end, considers that the Secretary General should promote information-sharing, space-based crisis scenarios, integrated assessments of air-land-sea-space threats, and regular updates on space interoperability in the North Atlantic Council (NAC); efforts should be made now to begin incorporating more space expertise across Member States to improve Member States overall ‘space IQ’, ideally via Advanced Training Courses between NATO, EU and Member State officials;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recommends that the EEAS and NATO should lead efforts to support Member States in including outer space in resilience planning, to ensure that deterrence and defence efforts remain solvent in the event that attacks or denial in space impair critical infrastructure (e.g., communications and energy grids);
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)