On 20 June, the European Parliament passed a resolution on the financing of the European satellite radionavigation system (Galileo). The resolution opposes any solution which would combine Community funding with additional intergovernmental funding.
In the approved document, MEPs expressed their ''concern at the possibility that the additional financing necessary to fill the gap following the failure of the public-private partnership (PPP) could be agreed on an intergovernmental basis''. They point out that the Commission must present a revised proposal for a regulation on the financing of the Galileo programme and they invite the Commission to take the initiative of proposing a revision of the financial framework, reiterating the view that the Galileo programme is of ''enormous European added value'' and that it should therefore be ''financed in full from the Union budget''.
Currently the financial resources set aside for the Galileo programme for the period 2007-2013 total one billion euros. The amended financing proposal cites a figure of 1.005 billion euros at current prices for implementation of Galileo's deployment and commercial operating phases.
Further information:
- European Parliament resolution of 20 June 2007 on the financing of the European programme of satellite radionavigation (Galileo) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2007-0272+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
- Comissão Europeia - Direcção Geral de Energia e Transportes - Galileo http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/
- Galileo Joint Undertaking http://www.galileoju.com/page.cfm?voce=m&idvoce=301&plugIn=1
- European Space Agency (ESA) http://www.esa.int/esaCP/UnitedKingdom.html
- Autoridade Europeia Supervisora do Galileo (GSA) (em inglês) http://www.gsa.europa.eu/
Related information on ANACOM's website:
- Commission adopts Communication on Galileo https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=486427
- Galileo Programme - Developments https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=373247
- Galileo https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=109882