Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | AFET | VON WOGAU Karl ( PPE-DE) | |
Committee Opinion | ITRE | JORDAN Romana ( PPE-DE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Events
The European Parliament adopted by 483 votes to 99, with 20 abstentions, a resolution on Space and security.
The own initiative report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Karl von WOGAU (EPP-ED, DE), on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
MEPs note the need for a common approach for defending European interests in space. They underline 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), 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.
Earth observation and reconnaissance : the resolution underlines the necessity of Galileo for autonomous ESDP operations, for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), for Europe’s own security and for the Union's strategic autonomy. The Parliament recommends the urgent conclusion of agreements between the European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) and the EU Member States to provide imagery available to ESDP operation and force commanders while ensuring complementarity with Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) observation capacities. It also calls on the Member States to pool and exchange the geospatial intelligence necessary for autonomous EU threat assessment. MEPs urge the EU Member States with access to the various types of radar, optical and weather observation satellites and reconnaissance systems to make them compatible. Lastly, they urge the creation of an operational budget line to ensure the sustainability of GMES services in response to users’ needs.
Telecommunications : MEPs underline the necessity of secure satellite-supported communication for ESDP operations and EU Member States' deployments under UN, NATO and other similar organisations. They request that the current and future satellite telecommunication systems at the disposal of the countries of the European Union be mutually interoperable in order to provide for cost reduction. They also support the possible funding of a future satellite telecommunication system, which supports ESDP operations, through the EU budget.
Satellite-based early warning against ballistic missiles : the Parliament deplores the fact that EU Member States do not have access to instant data on ballistic missile launches around the world and expresses support, therefore, for projects leading towards satellite-based early warning against ballistic missile launches. It 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.
Autonomous access to space and international environment : the Parliament supports secure, independent and sustainable access to space for the European Union as one of the preconditions of its autonomous action. It recommends that the European non-commercial satellites be carried into orbit by European launchers, preferably from the territory of the European Union, bearing in mind the aspects of security of supply and protection of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base. MEPs point out that it is necessary to increase the development effort for an enhanced Ariane 5 to be available before 2015 and recommend that strategic long-term investment in new European launchers be initiated as soon as possible.
Financing : the European Union is called upon to set up an operational budget for space assets that serve to support the ESDP and European security interests. Alarmed by the lack of coordination among Member States, MEPs support the idea of the launching of joint programmes by the Member States, which will provide costs savings in the longer term. They point out that, as experience has shown, large-scale common projects cannot be properly managed when 27 different national budget authorities applying the principle of "fair return" are involved. They therefore strongly recommend that these projects and programmes be financed from the EU budget.
Protection of space infrastructure : the resolution underscores the vulnerability of strategic space assets and stresses the need for them to be adequately protected by ground-based theatre missile defence, planes and space surveillance systems. It calls for the vulnerability of future European satellite systems to be reduced while stressing that advanced communication should never be made fully dependent on space-based technologies.
International legal regime for uses of space : reiterating the importance of the principle of the use of space for peaceful purposes, the Parliament urges that under no circumstances should European space policy contribute to the overall militarisation and weaponisation of space. MEPs express their particular concern about the use of destructive force against satellites, such as the Chinese anti-satellite system tested in January 2007 and the consequences of the massive increase in debris for space security. They recommend, therefore, the adoption of legally binding international instruments focusing on banning the use of weapons against space assets and the stationing of weapons in space. They also call on the EU institutions to promote a conference to review the Outer Space Treaty, with the aim of strengthening it and expanding its scope to prohibit all weapons in space.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted an own initiative report by Karl WOGAU (EPP-ED, DE) on Space and security.
MEPs note the need for a common approach for defending European interests in space. They underline 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),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.
The report underlines the necessity of Galileo for autonomous ESDP operations, for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), for Europe’s own security and for the Union's strategic autonomy. It calls on Member States to ensure the interoperability of their diverse observation and reconnaissance systems and recommends the urgent conclusion of agreements between the EUSC and the EU Member States to provide imagery available to ESDP operation and force commanders.
The parliamentary committee deplores the fact that EU Member States do not have access to instant data on ballistic missile launches around the world and expresses support, therefore, for projects leading towards satellite-based early warning against ballistic missile launches. It also underscores the vulnerability of strategic space assets and the need for them to be adequately protected by ground-based theatre missile defence, planes and space surveillance systems.
The European Union is also called upon to establish an operational budget for space assets that serve to support the ESDP and European security interests. Alarmed by the lack of coordination among Member States, MEPs support the idea of the launching of joint programmes by the Member States, which will provide costs savings in the longer term. They also recommend that European non-commercial satellites be sent into orbit by European launchers from EU territory.
Lastly, the report calls on all international actors to refrain from using offensive equipment in space. MEPs express their particular concern about the use of destructive force against satellites, such as the Chinese anti-satellite system tested in January 2007 and the consequences of the massive increase in debris for space security. They recommend, therefore, the adoption of legally binding international instruments focusing on banning the use of weapons against space assets and the stationing of weapons in space. They also call on the EU institutions to promote a conference to review the Outer Space Treaty, with the aim of strengthening it and expanding its scope to prohibit all weapons in space.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)5307/2
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)4891
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T6-0365/2008
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0250/2008
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A6-0250/2008
- Committee opinion: PE405.924
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE405.954
- Committee draft report: PE402.699
- Committee draft report: PE402.699
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE405.954
- Committee opinion: PE405.924
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0250/2008
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)4891
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)5307/2
Activities
- Manuel dos SANTOS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Karl von WOGAU
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Gerard BATTEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Ana GOMES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Anna IBRISAGIC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Marie Anne ISLER BÉGUIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Romana JORDAN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Philippe MORILLON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Justas Vincas PALECKIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Tobias PFLÜGER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Space and security (debate)
- Martine ROURE
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
Rapport von Wogau A6-0250/2008 - am. 5 #
Rapport von Wogau A6-0250/2008 - am. 6 #
Rapport von Wogau A6-0250/2008 - am. 4/1 #
Rapport von Wogau A6-0250/2008 - am. 4/2 #
Rapport von Wogau A6-0250/2008 - par. 29 #
Rapportc von Wogau A6-0250/2008 - résolution #
Amendments | Dossier |
50 |
2008/2030(INI)
2008/05/08
AFET
48 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines th
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines the ne
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines the necessity of Galileo for autonomous ESDP operations, for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Supports the creation of a
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution 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’);
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Supports the
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recommends that the European non- commercial satellites be carried into orbit by European launchers, preferably from the territory of the European Union, bearing in mind the aspects of security of supply and protection of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution 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 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recommends that strategic long-term investment in new European launchers be initiated as soon as possible, in order to
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Recommends that on-orbit servicing be established as a means of support to enhance the endurance, persistence, availability and operational efficiency of operational space assets and, at the same time, to reduce asset deployment and maintenance costs;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Strongly recommends th
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Notes that the estimates of available expertise suggest that the level of investment needed to address the European security and defence needs in terms of satellite telecommunications
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes the importance of the space dimension to the security of the European Union and the need for a common
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Takes the view that the European Union
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Underscores the vulnerability of strategic space assets as well as the
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution 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;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls for the vulnerability of future European satellite systems to be reduced
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Emphasises that the protective measures must be fully compliant with international standards regarding peaceful uses of outer space and commonly agreed transparency and confidence-building measures (TCBMs); asks EU Member States to explore the possibility of developing legally or politically binding ‘rules of the road’ for space operators, together with a space traffic management regime;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution 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) 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 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls for the international legal regime to be strengthened so as to regulate and protect non-aggressive space uses and for the strengthening of TCBMs, within the framework of the drafting by the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) of space debris mitigation guidelines consistent with those of the Inter-Agency Debris Coordination Committee as well as the development by the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) of a multilateral agreement on the
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution 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;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Calls on all international actors to re
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution 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 40 #
Motion for a resolution 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 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Calls on the European Space Agency to increase scientific knowledge, to engage in international cooperation that would increase the Agency’s ability to detect asteroids that pose a threat to the Earth, and to explore ways to elaborate possible impact-prevention measures;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Urges the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to launch a strategic dialogue on
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Urges the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to launch a strategic dialogue on space policy and missile defence, while bearing in mind the legal imperative of avoiding any action that might be incompatible with the principle of the peaceful use of space; 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 system;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution 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 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas one of the most cost-effective elements of a space architecture and of achieving a sustainable fleet of space assets is on-orbit servicing, using in-situ means;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 – having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and the Treaty on European Union (TEU), as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon, and its relevant clauses on European Space Policy (Article 189 of the TFEU), permanent structured cooperation on security and defence matters (Articles 42(6) and 46 of the TEU and a related protocol) and enhanced cooperation in the civilian area (Part Six, Title III); as well as the solidarity clause (Article 222
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution 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’),
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the adoption of the European Space Policy by the ‘Space Council’ as proposed by a joint communication
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the adoption of the European Space Policy by the ‘Space Council’ as proposed by a joint communication presented by the Commission and the European Space Agency, especially the chapter on security and defence; recommends, therefore, that
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Applauds the efforts of the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Association for th |