In a non-paper released on Wednesday 3 December, ten EU Member States – the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain – have called for the adoption of a global and coordinated action plan to combat interference from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Europe is facing jamming and spoofing of its systems, particularly by Russia.
According to these countries, this plan should include short-, medium- and long-term measures in all the sectors concerned. “An EU-wide approach integrating diplomacy, legal measures and technological resilience is essential, as this is the only way to effectively combat systemic and cross-border hybrid threats”, they add.
Believing that a purely decentralised approach leads to fragmentation, these countries are also calling for the establishment of a single focal point at EU level, with a centralised reporting and data-sharing platform, based on voluntary national monitoring and the aggregation of unclassified information on observed radio interference. According to these countries, this would improve coordination and ensure access to consistent and reliable information.
See the document: https://aeur.eu/f/juh (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)