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Mr President, Mr Bodrato, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I wish to thank Mr Bodrato and the members of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy for the quality of their report and for their constructive proposals. This once again demonstrates Parliament’s commitment to and support of space. The consultation on the Green Paper provided the opportunity for a very open debate on the future of space exploration in Europe and to examine many contributions from all sectors. On this basis, we are now committed to preparing the White Paper on the medium and long-term objectives for European Space policy, as Parliament asked of the Commission in January 2002.
Some crucial points of convergence have materialised. The first is that Europe needs a high-level space policy that is independent and ongoing. The second point is the acknowledgement that our space industry is structurally vulnerable. As you have pointed out, we did have problems where launchers are concerned, and a decision by the ESA Council helped us to find a solution, albeit one which will only be useful in the short- and medium-term. We must now find a more structural solution. Lastly, it is crucial that we take a closer interest in the space telecommunications sector in order to increase demand and to maintain skills in our industry.
My third and last point concerns the European Union’s new responsibilities in space-related matters. In the Union’s new political context, the approaches of the European Space Agency and of the national space agencies must be combined into a joint vision that will create a genuine space policy at European level. To this end, I welcome the agreement reached between the ESA and the EU at the Council of 22 September: this is a crucial step.
By the same token, a space policy must be a horizontal Union policy, which serves other policies too. It would set out strategy and would contain the guidelines that would help to ensure a coherent European space effort. It should cover not only the civilian domain but also aspects of security and defence. Formulating such a policy would, of course, require a clear legal base in the future Treaty and this is the intention of the Convention proposal seeking to grant the Union competences in the domain of space that it would share with the Member States. The Commission, like Parliament, hopes that this proposal will be accepted without amendment at the Intergovernmental Conference."@en1
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