Wykorzystanie zasobów kosmicznych Unii Europejskiej dla realizacji celów Wspólnej Polityki Bezpieczeństwa i Obrony
The use of the space assets of the European Union for the purposes of the Common Security and Defence Policy

Summary/Abstract: The European Space Policy as implemented by the Lisbon Treaty is associated with the EU’s comprehensive approach to external action. This involves the use of space assets for the purposes of the Common Security and Defence Policy. The paper describes the origins, rationale and legal basis for the use of space assets in the tasks of the EU CSDP. The paper analyses the programmes implemented under the European Space Policy and their application in the CSDP. The space programmes implemented by the European Union, i.e. Copernicus and Galileo, although still in the initial stages of implementation, are an important part of the overall vision of the European Union’s participation in international relations. Changes in this dimension are directly linked not only to acquiring new instruments to shape the international environment, through a European satellite navigation system and satellite reconnaissance, but also the consolidation of space activities undertaken by European countries as postulated by the European Commission. This is due to the ongoing work on the change of the EU’s cooperation with the European Space Agency and the gradually expanding military dimension of EU activities in space.

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