文档介绍：IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
Requested by the SEDE Subcommittee
The European space
sector as an enabler of
EU strategic autonomy
Policy Department for External Relations
Directorate General for External Policies of the Union EN
PE - December 2020
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL POLICIES
POLICY DEPARTMENT
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
The European space sector
as an enabler of
EU strategic autonomy
ABSTRACT
Today, the European Union can boast a degree of strategic autonomy in space.
Projects such as Galileo have not only enhanced the EU’s economy, but they may
confer on the Union the ability to amplify its Common Foreign and Security Policy
and Common Security and Defence Policy. While the EU continues to promote the
safe, secure and sustainable use of space, it is also true that space is rapidly
becoming a political arena that hangs over geopolitical competition on earth.
Space is crucial for EU security and defence. Yet the EU is at a cross-roads and it