16 Amendments of Gaston FRANCO related to 2011/2148(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
Citation 17
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. having regard to European industrial know-how and the important role played by major European programmes in European integration and competitiveness,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the European Union is responsible for coordinating and consolidating national space policies, agencies and programmes with a view to establishing a coherent European approach, in cooperation with industry andorder to consolidate an industrial policy that supports a solid, competitive and independent European industrial base, in the medium and long term, for establishincluding financial and legislative mechanisms in order to boost European industry and enable the necessary continuity to support ambitious, competitive projects within an international framework;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the objectives of the strategy in terms of strengthening Europe's space infrastructure and providing more support for research in order to increase Europe's independence in the area of technologythe technological independence of Europe’s industrial base, encourage cross- fertilisation between the space sector and other industrial sectors and stimulate innovation as the engine of European competitiveness;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes, however, that, whilst the Commission strategy identifies priority areas of action, they remain in part somewhat vague; stresses that they should be made clearer and that an assessment of all the technical options and related costs and benefits should be given, including all possible impacts on the European Union’s industrial base and European industrial policy;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that IOC, able to provide initial services, should be completed by 2014 at the latest to ensure that Galileo does indeed become the second GNSS constellation of reference for receiver manufacturers; welcomes the launch of two satellites in orbit on 20 October 2011 in Kouroun 20 October 2011, from Europe’s Space Port in Kourou, of two operational in-orbit validation satellites;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is strongly convinced that additional funding for GNSS can only be secured if awareness of the benefits for the EU economy and society brought by GNSS is raised considerably among decision- makers and the wider public; applauds the introduction of concrete initiatives, such as the annual Galileo Masters competition for ideas; if Community funds are involved in such initiatives, these should be carried out in turn by all EU Member States or at least be spread among the maximum number of Member States;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that EGNOS is a real, operational programme; is convinced of the necessity to fully exploit this programme and make use of its applications in practice, ensuring coverage of both Europe and Africathe whole of Europe, the Arctic, the Mediterranean region and Africa; the development and deployment of EGNOS must be carried out incrementally so new functions can gradually be made available as they appear necessary to meet users’ expectations and the development of standards;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to propose a long-term financing and governance plan and to establish an operational organisation responsible for the management and provision of data in order to enable the actual success of the programme; believes it is important to establish the agreements to be put in place with national agencies in order to maximise the interoperability, continuity and governance of the system; considers it necessary to ensure that a distinction iss are made on the one hand between scientific use and commercial use, and on the other between the ESA’s development activities and the deployment, operations and systems development activities which requires specific European structures and specific competences; hopes that the programme achieves its objective of being fully operational from 2014;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the creation of a European Space Situational Awareness System could help protect space infrastructure against space debris, solar radiation and asteroids; believes that the creation of all new European programmes should be based on existing capacity, skills and infrastructure, which have required investment on the part of each of the Member States, and should develop current capacity where there are gaps;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of a future strategy in the area of research and innovation; calls on the Commission to draw up a strategic agenda in order to ensure consistency between the efforts of the European Union in the field of R&D and those of the ESA and the Member States concerning all necessary technologies, skills and double sources needed to achieve competitiveness, ensure that Europe is not dependent, gain access to international markets and reduce the risks for European programmes;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Also considers it necessary, in order to ensure that Europe is not dependent and to strengthen European competitiveness, to retain Europe’s autonomy in terms of access to space, favouring the use of European transporterlaunch vehicles and verifying the suitability of operational and industrial organisation in relation to joint requirements;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that international cooperation should promote European technology, infrastructure and services in the space field and so help strengthen this strategic industrial sector; stresses that work in the space policy sector may be made more effective through industrial cooperation and sharing of investment in majorall programmes possible;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Reminds the European Union’s policy makers that the greater part of the world’s institutional markets are unfortunately not open to international competition and that the international competition envisaged must be based on conditions that make fair trade possible;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that the growing involvement of the European Union in the space sector calls for its relations with the ESA and the national agencies to be redefined, taking account of the fact that the technical and planning expertise developed by the ESA and the national agencies are essential to maintaining technological capacity and the competitiveness of European industry and that the European Union could concentrate on the operations, the developments and the continuity of the space systems that it needs, as well as on the international expansion of markets and on users’ requests, with the aim of strengthening the European industry’s capacity and competitiveness;