The European Security Department challenges space in the face of growing geopolitical threats

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Traditionally, only the only focusing on security is launching the space industry.

Although space and security have always been connected, tonic has been mainly kept mainly in civilian use, not in military space capabilities, but this is now changing.

According to the European Space Policy Analysis, “Although many major European astronauts have been developed as a descendant of security companies or integrated into business structures, this trend is declining until the early 2020s.” (SP), Is the site of Vienna.

Since mid -20102, the trend has accelerated, a large number of security companies have dedicated themselves to space, creating previous functions, or exploring as a new strategy.

“The return of war to Europe, the origins of anti -satellite threats and the militarization of space -growing forces by other forces, forcing us to consider space as the pillar of our strategic autonomy,” Mobocobete Kristof Crutler told the Euronevas.

Grutler, associated with the interim of the European Parliament on heaven and space, argued that many member states are currently working on separate national projects, leading to a fragmentation and lack of coordination.

“We need a more European approach, ie, focusing on the fertilizer, funded and managed EU projects,” the French liberal said.

However, Europe is investing in 0.07% of its GDP – IE only invests in only 14 billion euros per year – with slow but degrading change in specific military and security operations in specific operations

“There is still a large capacity deficit and the investment required to make the additional value of the space is estimated to be 0.15 to 0.25% of European GDP by 2040,” Renklj said.

Europe is currently investing in a place for security, compared to global competitors such as China, the United States, India or Japan, the Chairman of the 23 -member European Space Agency (ESA), which is 23 member states, including Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

“Well, Europe is capable of doing it. We have some better places and space scientists to work with space technology and have the best world companies, so we can do so,” Joseph Ashbhachar told Eurneus on Tuesday.

Currently, only 15% of public space budgets in Europe are responsible for military space operations – less than 50% of the global average, which continues to be security.

In terms of this situation, many European countries, including Austria, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Sweden, have created military strategies dedicated to the spatter. But in general, according to ESP, Europe is slow to develop and implement its own skills.

Grutler considers that the EU should act on several nodes: Grutler considers resources to collect resources through common European projects, create real European acquisition in the space field, and fully integrate the space into a long -term industrial strategy – semiconductor, energy or artificial intelligence.

“We don’t need to copy the line of the United States in line. But we need political vision, unity and continuity,” he said.

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The director of ESA, on the other hand, pointed out that the budget requires a significant increase.

“We have a chance later this year. The ESA’s Cabinet Conference will be the most important moment in Europe to actually promote investment in space to ensure delay in international operations in space,” Ashbacher said.

During the last ministry meeting of the ESA Council in Paris in 2022, the member states increased the budget of the agency by 17%, which reached a record of 16.9 billion euros.

The ESA ministers are expected to increase their budget to about 21 billion euros during the November 2025 meeting in Breman, Germany.

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Alexandra Kalka contributed to this article.