2 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2009/2226(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses its support for Galileo, the European global satellite radio-navigation programme, as a useful tool that will strengthen the economic development, security and strategic autonomy of the EU, while recognising that by definition no space policy can be undertaken in isolation from other relevant actors in space; stresses that its support depends on the adequacy of costs, on the extent to which the concerns of the European Court of Auditors (Special Report No 7/2009) are addressed, and on the de facto availability of a high quality of future applications;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that the provision of Galileo services must be consistent with the principle that Galileo is a civil system under civil control, and that all uses thereof must comply with international law, the UN Charter and the EU Treaties; insists that the European Parliament consent will be a prerequisite to any military use of Galileo and GNSS in the context of military CSDP missions or other military missions, operations and activities;