2008/2030(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls on the Member States to pool and exchange the geospatial intelligence necessary for autonomous EU threat assessment;~~deleted

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 in response to users’ needs;

Amendment 12 #

Tobias PFLÜGER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines the necessity of Galileo for autonomous 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 Unionat Galileo is an exclusively non-military project;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines the ne~~cessity of Galileo for autonomous~~ed 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 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) ~~and~~, for Europe’s own security and for the Union’s strategic autonomy; 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 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Supports the creation of a ~~European~~global 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

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

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

17. Supports secure, independent and sustainable access to space for the Member States of the European Union as one of the preconditions of ~~its~~their autonomous action;

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 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 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. ~~Recommends a~~Encourages strong inter-pillar cooperation ~~framework~~ for space and security, (involving all the relevant actors (i.e. the Commission, the Council, the European Defence Agency and the European Union Satellite Centre), in order to safeguard the security policy and data security linked with the ESDP;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Strongly recommend~~Notes that the smaller EU countries ~~with~~have 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 refin~~forced ESDP framework~~ing technological research according to their own interests;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Strongly recommends th~~at the smaller EU countries with reduced possibilities to finance their own space assets be given access to operational data~~e promotion of equal access for all EU Member States to operational data gathered using space assets under a reinforced ESDP framework;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Calls on the European Union to set up an operational budget for space assets that serve to support the ESDP and European security interests;~~deleted

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Calls on the European Union to set up an operational budget for space assets that serve to support the ESDP and European security interests;~~deleted

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, 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

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 should increase from the current budget of EUR 500 million per year to EUR 900 million per year in the period between 2008 and 2022, and that the appropriate expenditure of the European Union on Earth observation and intelligence gathering, including signal intelligence, should increase from the present EUR 650 million per year until 2012 to EUR 750 million in the period 2012-2017 and should further increase to EUR 850 million per year in the period 2017-2027;deleted

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

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 approach necessary for ~~exert~~defending European ~~sovereignty~~interests in space;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
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 on~~with the work of the European Space Agency and the European Defence Agency, and therefore attaches great importance to the Galileo project;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
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 ~~stres~~recognises 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 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 through anti-jamming, shielding, on-orbit servicing, high-orbit and multi- orbital constellation architectures;

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 Pprevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS); furthermore, asks the EU Presidency to represent the EU proactively in COPUOS; calls 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;

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; ~~recommend~~urges, 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 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on all international actors to restfrain from using offensive equipment in space~~, such as the Chinese anti-satellite system tested in January 2007~~; expresses its 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; recommends, 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 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 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 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

EA. whereas freedom from space-based threats and secure sustainable access to, and use of, space must be the guiding principles of the European Space Policy,

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 ~~of the TEU) and mutual assistance provisions in the event of armed aggression against a Member State or States (Article 42(7)~~ of the TEU),

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 presented by the Commission and the European Space Agency, especially the chapter on security and defence, while regretting the absence of any reference to the threat of weaponisation of space within the ‘key issues to be considered in the development of a strategy for international relations’ (as mentioned in Annex 3 to Council Resolution 2007/C 136/01 of 21 May 20071); recommends, therefore, that a White Paper implementing the European Security Strategy should refer to it; ______________________ 1 OJ C 136, 20.6.2007, p. 1.

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 ~~a White Paper implementing the~~the revised European Security Strategy should ~~refer to it~~take this policy appropriately into account, and is of the view that space matters should be reflected in the possible White Paper on Security and Defence Policy;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Applaud~~Notes 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

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 ~~three~~at 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 9 #