14 Amendments of Nirj DEVA related to 2008/2030(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the importance of the space dimension to the security of the European Union and the need for a common approach necessary for exerting European Union Member States’ sovereignty in space;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the importance of GMES for foreign as well as security and defence policies of the European Union; urges the creation of an operational budget line, funded from savings made in other areas, to ensure the sustainability of GMES services in response to users’ needs;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the creation of a Europeanglobal space surveillance system leading to space situational awareness (including, for example, GRAVES, TIRA) to monitor the space infrastructure, space debris and, possibly, other threats;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the fact that EU Member States do not have access to instant data on ballistic missile launches around the world; expresses support, therefore, for projects leading towards satellite-based early warning against ballistic missile launches (such as the French ‘Spirale’); furthermore, calls for information acquired through these future systems to be available to all Member States of the European Union in order to protect their population and to support possible countermeasures;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Supports the development and exchange of signal intelligence (electronic intelligence such as Essaim and communications intelligence) at European level;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Supports secure, independent and sustainable access to space for the Member States of the European Union as one of the preconditions of itstheir autonomous action;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends that strategic long-term investment in new European launchers be initiated as soon as possible, in order to keep up with the rising global competition; demands a greater degree of discipline for this project, in budgetary and time-frame terms, than that exhibited by the Eurofighter project;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Strongly recommendNotes that the smaller EU countries withhave reduced possibilities to finance their own space assets be given access to operational data under a, and therefore strongly recommends that they conclude partnership agreements between themselves with a view to developing and refinforced ESDP frameworking technological research according to their own interests;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is alarmed by the fact that the lack of coordination among Member States results in a scarcity of resources due to unnecessary duplication of activities; therefore supports the idea of the launching of joint programmes by the Member States, which can be entered into voluntarily according to the individual Member State’s needs, and which will provide costs savings in the longer term;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that the European Union, the European Space Agency, the European Defence Agency and their Member States should provide for reliable and adequate funding for the space activities envisaged and the research connected therewith; attaches great importance to the financing from the budget of the EU, such as onwith the work of the European Space Agency and the European Defence Agency, and therefore attaches great importance to the Galileo project;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for the strongest possible levels of partnership and cooperation in the sharing of data between the EU and the USA, our historic and most important ally on the world stage, and requests that this resolution be interpreted only in such a way as to augment this relationship; furthermore reiterates the need to fully involve NATO at all appropriate stages in security cooperation;