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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we cannot cover in a few minutes all the problems affecting European space policy. Today, I shall merely raise the problems relating to the Galileo programme.
More than a year has passed since the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism adopted this European satellite navigation programme in March 2002, and it has so far proved impossible to reach an agreement within the European Space Agency with regard to funding this programme. Galileo came into existence after marked opposition from certain countries. Today, it cannot be implemented, first of all, because of the strong competition between those who would like to lead the project, and, secondly, for reasons concerning levels of funding. The European space industry, as we have all said, is currently undergoing a considerable crisis. It employs 30 000 highly-skilled workers in Europe and we must do all we can to protect the extraordinary technological and human potential represented by this industry. Galileo is one of the programmes that will be able to make the greatest contribution. It will also, moreover, provide the European Union with strategic independence.
The European Parliament wanted companies to participate financially in the joint undertaking. These companies have taken the appropriate action and we now need to support the swift implementation of the project. Our credibility is at stake.
There is another key element in favour of implementing the programme as a matter of urgency. As you said, Commissioner, unless we send a signal at the appropriate time, we shall not be able to use the frequencies reserved for Galileo and the related functions. The European Space Agency must take a decision rapidly and this concern is shared by many of us, both as Members of the European and national parliaments, who drew up and disseminated the document ‘
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Galileo programme shows us the limits of the current European space policy. We must learn lessons from this concerning the discussions held which will lead to the adoption, between now and the end of the year, of a White Paper on the subject. The Galileo programme must be successful and send out a positive signal from Europe concerning an ambitious space policy. This House must provide its full support so that the joint undertaking can be implemented rapidly and so that the European Commission, as represented by you, Commissioner, shares this concern of our ‘Sky and Space’ intergroup in the European Parliament. Furthermore, in his letter of 30 April last, President Prodi informed the members of this intergroup, through the intermediary of its chair, Mr Savary, of the possibility considered by the Commission of implementing the joint undertaking unilaterally, should an agreement from the ESA not be forthcoming in the next few days.
We would also call on all the Member States to put an end to their differences concerning funding for the programme at the meeting of the European Space Agency on 27 May next, so that we can, at last, move forward."@en1
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