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EU: Eurodrones: too politically loaded a venture for Europe?

23 July 2014

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"Remotely piloted aircraft equipped for spying and fighting are politically charged across Europe, in part by the civilian toll taken by America’s use of armed drones in Pakistan, Afghanistan and other conflict areas. The European Parliament wants member states to ban the use of unmanned aircraft in extrajudicial killings and to set up ethical standards for their use. In a non-binding resolution earlier this year, lawmakers also called for greater transparency in the use of EU funding for research and development of drone technology."

See: Eurodrones: too politically loaded a venture for Europe? (euractiv, link)

See also: Eurodrones, Inc. (pdf)

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