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"I voted against the resolution on European Space Policy as all amendments concerning the need to guarantee the peaceful use of outer-space were not carried. This illustrates the real intentions lying behind the desire for an EU space policy - it is driven by the desire to establish the EU as a military superpower. The inclusion of China in EU space policy, and Galileo in particular, is not acceptable until China becomes a fully democratic state and recognises basic human rights. Galileo was sold to the European Parliament as a civil project, and that is what it should remain. This is one of the main arguments in favour of a European satellite system given that the American GPS system is a military project which the US Government can jam at any moment. With the inclusion of the fifth application - the Public Regulated Service or PRS - it is impossible to guarantee that this encrypted signal, which is reserved for the State, will not be used for military purposes.
Given its future military application and China's inclusion in the project I voted against the report."@en1
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