13 Amendments of Angelika BEER related to 2008/2030(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for space assets in order that the political and diplomatic activities of the European Union may be based on independent, reliable and complete information in support of its policies for conflict prevention, crisis management operations and global security, especially the monitoring of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of transportation and verification of international treaties, the transnational smuggling of light weapons and small arms, the protection of critical infrastructure and of the European Union’s borders, and civil protection in the event of natural and man-made disasters and crises;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ApplaudNotes the inclusion of a legal basis for the European Space Policy in the Treaty of Lisbon; also welcomes the possibilities of permanent structured cooperation in security and defence matters and enhanced cooperation in the civilian area;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States of the European Union, the European Space Agency and the various stakeholders to make greater and better use of the existing national and multinational space systems and to foster their mutual complementarity; notes in this respect that common capabilities are needed for ESDP in threeat least the following areas: telecommunications, information management, observation and navigation; recommends the sharing and exchange of these data in line with the EU concept for Network Centric Operations Architecture;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the necessity of Galileo for autonomoused for Galileo to remain of a civilian nature, but recognises its use for civilian and military ESDP operations, for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and for Europe’s own security; notes that, in particular, its public-regulated service will be vital in the field of navigation, positioning and timing, not least in order to avoid unnecessary risks; welcomes the agreement on the public financing of the project from the budget of the European Union;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underscores the vulnerability of strategic space assets as well as the infrastructure allowing access to space, e.g. launchers and space ports; therefore stresrecognises the need for themir ground bases to be adequately protected – and therefore at a high cost – by ground-based theatre missile defence, planes and space surveillance systems; furthermore supports the sharing of data with international partners in the event that satellites are rendered inoperable by enemy action;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses that, as a result of this vulnerability, advanced communication should never be made fully dependent on space-based technologies;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Urges that under no circumstances should European space policy contribute to the overall militarisation and weaponisation of space and that, in full compliance with the Outer Space Treaty, it should exclude the stationing of any offensive or defensive weapon systems in space;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on all international actors, both members and non-members of the NATO, to restrain from using offensive equipment in space, such as the Chinese anti-satellite system tested in January 2007; recommendurges, therefore, the adoption of voluntary, legally binding international instruments focusing on banning the use of weapons against space assets and the stationing of weapons in space;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on all space users to register their satellites, including military satellites, by way of a space security confidence- building measure promoting transparency; supports the Council’s pursuit of a comprehensive EU Code of Conduct on Space Objects; demands that this Code be transformed into a legally binding instrument;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Urges the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to launch a strategic dialogue on space policy and missile defence; especially on the complementarity and interoperability of systems for satellite communications, space surveillance, and early warning of ballistic missiles, as well as protection of European forces by a theatre missile defence systemthe peaceful use of space;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the European Union and the United States of America to engage in a strategic dialogue on the use of space assets and to take the global lead within and outside the UN to make sure that outer space is preserved for peaceful policies only;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (‘the Outer Space Treaty’),