4 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2009/2226(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates, however, in view of the vast investment from the general budget of the European Union, its position that the Galileo system should not be deployable in support of CFSP/ CSDP, including crisis- management operations, and of the implementation of EU solidarity and mutual-assistance clauses as thereby Galileo would lose its strictly civilian character outlined in article 4;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a (new) In view of the serious financial crisis that EU member-states face, considers that such big amounts should not be used from the community budget for a project that might even increase the struggle for supremacy of control in space;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that under no circumstances should European space policy contribute to the overall militarisation and weaponisation of space and that this necessitates that Galileo remains a strictly civilian system not being used in support of CSDP operations, and reaffirms its commitment to the principles laid down in the UN Outer Space Treaty, in particular - the use of outer space for exclusively peaceful purposes; - the promotion of international cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space; - the liability of the launching authority in the event of damage being caused to a third state, as further specified in the UN Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. SupporRejects the creation of a European Space Situational Awareness Capacity in order to protect critical European infrastructure in space as it would contribute to the militarisation and weaponisation of space rejected in paragraph 8;