Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-03-Speech-3-149"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011003.4.3-149"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-03-Speech-3-1502
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3
lpv:translated text	"I am pleased to be able to express my opinion of the GALILEO project at a time when the events of 11 September are forcing us to review our capacity to handle crises. Remember that the GALILEO project is intended to deploy a set of satellites orbiting about 20 000 km above the Earth. All those satellites would be linked to a network of control stations on the ground. Cover would thus be worldwide, making it possible to improve considerably the management of air, sea and road traffic and to support search and rescue operations. This technology already exists in the USA (the GPS system) and in Russia (the GLONASS system). It is currently financed and controlled by the military authorities in those two countries. The quality and continuity of its use for civilian purposes are dependent on those authorities who may, at any time, discontinue or downgrade the signal. In Europe, on the other hand, the GALILEO programme will be managed and controlled by civilians. It is proposed that the system should be developed in four stages, namely a definition phase in 2000, a development and validation phase up to 2005, a deployment phase up to 2007 and an operational phase after that. Ideally then, the GALILEO system should be operational from 2008 onwards, thereby responding to the wishes expressed at the European Council in Stockholm and to the European Union’s urgent needs in this field. This, at any rate, is what emerges from the report by the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism. On the question of financing, it seems to me to be important to clear up the question of how this will be organised before coming to a final decision. I also deplore the fact that some Member States are reluctant to lend their support to this project. I therefore invite the Commission to take the necessary steps to break down this reluctance. It will then have the task of defining a general financing structure, and that will have to be done between now and 15 November 2001 if we want to be reasonably sure of meeting the 2008 deadline. The European Parliament will have to be consulted on the Commission’s draft. Once this draft has been approved, it should be possible to encourage the involvement of European industry in the financing of the later stages in the medium and long term."@en1

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