Activities of Alviina ALAMETSÄ 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 (28)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas space security is essential to ensure global stability, and can help to mitigate the impact of conflict or to avoid conflict altogether;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas thosspace-based assets are dual-use, serving civilian purposes, while being crucial to security and defence; whereas space capabilities have become indispensable not only because they make it possible to make autonomous assessments and decisions and take autonomous action but also because they are essential to EU and Member State civilian and military operations;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas commercial actors are increasingly engaged in space domain, with commercial exploitation of space is growing exponentially, also affecting space security;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas space and cyber domains are intimately linked; whereas the war in Ukraine highlights issues that must be addressed by international space and cyber governance;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that 11 of the 27 Member States have already introduced national space laws; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to propose space legislation for the EU establishing a common, harmonised and coherent security framework to bolster the resilience of EU space services and prevent excessive fragmentation of the global space market; points out that this framework is eagerly awaited by the Member States and the main industrial players in the space sector; encourages the Commission to include matters of registration, liability and environmental standards into the new space legislation; reminds of Member States also to invest in operationalisation of existing commitments of space treaties;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the regulatory and capacity resources for space traffic management (STM) 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; reminds of the importance of enhancing cyber security of both space systems and ground terminals against cyberattacks; calls for the coordination of STM regulations with international players to set worldwide standards as space activities are by nature a global endeavour;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the IRIS² secure connectivity constellation to be swiftly set up 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; calls for the inclusion of the entire European space sector in its implementation, in particular small and medium size enterprises;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the secure, multi-orbital connectivity infrastructure to be developed into a genuinely global service, covering also areas that are poorly covered currently such as the Arctic; calls for ensuring access of public security and defence actors to common satellite services in strategically significant areas to support operation of critical infrastructure, crisis management, and situational awareness;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the Commission proposal to create EU Earth Observation Governmental Service that specifically complies with defence requirements; calls for an indebt feasibility study to guide decision-making to realise such a service, and ensuring sufficient funding for the purpose;
Amendment 94 #
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 of reusable, European launchers;
Amendment 112 #
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; 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; calls, similarly, to advance space situational awareness (SAA) sharing;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the proposal set out in the strategy to amend Decision 2021/698 with a view to attributing and addressing threats to space programme services; calls for more meaningful responses on solidarity mechanisms to be taken at EU level; calls for further work to be done to make the mutual assistance clause ready for use (Article 42(7) TEU), including discussion on identifying a threshold of an attack and what kind of attack merits a response; calls, similarly, the EU and Member States to increase their efforts to reach a common understanding of what types of space activities warrant the UN Security Council involvement;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for the EU and Member States to adopt policies on anti-satellite (ASAT) testing, specifically aiming at banning destructive testing;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Recalls that space systems and other critical infrastructure have been targeted repeatedly by cyberattacks by Russia during its illegal war against Ukraine, underscoring the intimate link between space and cyber domains; reminds therefore that EU responses and initiatives should be coherent from the point of view of both space and cyber issues;
Amendment 130 #
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 industryfor the space sector; takes the view that EU support to enable Member States to develop their space based defence capacity must primarily benefit European industrial players (both long-established groups and innovative SMEs); supports, at the same time, heavy investment in key space and cyber technologies with the aim of reducing strategic dependence on third countries;
Amendment 139 #
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 surveillanceSDA with a view to protecting the EU’s space infrastructure and addressing potential 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 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for coherence between existing instruments to be improved with a view to preventing unnecessary duplication of investments; considers it essential for funding to be properly channelled into those instruments, taking into account the capacities available at both EU and commercial level; supports joint programming between the European Development Fund, the EU Space Programme and Horizon Europe in an effort to speed up the development of relevant capacities; stresses the importance of synergies between EU and national – civilian, space and defence –space programmes to meet capability needs;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that in order to maintain and strengthen the security, defence and stability of Europe it is important to prevent the export of sensitive space technology to countries which endanger regional or global security and stability; urges the Member States and the Commission to make sure that the eight criteria of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and the rules of the Dual- Use-Regulation are being fully respected regarding the export of space related technology;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that EU and Member State resilience and their response to potential hostile actions in space must be underpinned by clear, flexible and responsive governance;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Reminds that EU policies on space and security must be consistent with other sectoral policies on space, and that the participation of defence sector operators in the different pillars of the EU space policies and related research programs should be ensured; calls for the input of the defence sector to be taken into account in new EU initiatives concerning space, for example in the development of data transmission systems, GPS technology, intelligence capabilities and the space situational awareness;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes the growing interdependency of space and terrestrial defence and security; deplores that simultaneously the international norms regulating space security has remained limited; calls on the EU to assume more active role as a facilitator in international norm-building in space, in order to also enhance its own security, and to simultaneously promote internal unity and coordination between EU member states;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Welcomes the international efforts of some EU member states to advance international principles for responsible behaviour in outer space; calls for the development of safeguards to prevent rising militarisation of space, including by addressing them in the forthcoming European space legislation;
Amendment 172 #
21c. Calls for the EU and Member States to reaffirm commitments to transparency and confidence building measures (TCBM) to advance new measures for space security in the light of threats today; reminds that TCBMs can significantly support growth of domestic and commercial space sectors; notes that Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is a promising avenue for cooperation and transparency;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of developing cooperation with strategic partners; supports the continuation of an enhanced dialogue with the United States, while remaining vigilant to the risk that it may seek to steer or dictate outlooks, standards and rules that the Member States have not helped to shape; calls for deeper cooperation and for alliances to be established with like-minded states (the UK, Canada, Japan, Norway) or other EU partners (India);
Amendment 180 #
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 considerably closer cooperation between the EU and NATO, based on shared threat analysis, to be pursued in areas of shared interest, while ensuring that the roles, competences and autonomy of the two organisations are scrupulously maintainedfor example through shared exercises, and sharing information on Space Domain Awareness and space threats; reminds that the EU and NATO already discuss space issues under “resilience dialogue”, and calls for the strengthening of this dialogue by setting up a dedicated “space dialogue”;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Reminds that commercialisation of space demands a new culture of space governance, both in defining norms and in implementation of those; calls therefore on the EU to create suitable platforms and institution where also non- state actors such as companies and civil society organisations are able to participate;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Points out that the European Space Agency must continue to play itstakes on a role as a technical agency for European satellite projects and that cooperation with it must be carried out within a framework which protects the essential interests of the Union;