Joe 总部设在布鲁塞尔，专注于欧洲政治与防务。他曾报道乌克兰战争及其和平谈判，并从华盛顿特区报道美国大选。 5:37pm BST 欧盟承诺将其作为埃隆·马斯克“星链”替代方案的“鸢尾座2号”卫星星座延伸至北极地区。
Joe is based in Brussels, where he focuses on European politics and defence. He has covered the Ukraine war and its peace negotiations and reported on US elections from Washington DC 5:37pm BST The European Union has promised to extend its alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink to cover the Arctic region.
此举是在唐纳德·特朗普威胁要控制格陵兰岛，并分享了一张将冰岛两座岛屿涂上美国国旗颜色的地图之后出台的。
The move comes after Donald Trump threatened to seize control of Greenland and shared a map featuring Iceland’s two islands covered in the colours of the American flag.
与此同时，欧洲决策者对马斯克的卫星互联网系统的可靠性日感不安，此前该系统在乌克兰被降速，阻碍了乌克兰的防御。
At the same time, there is a growing unease amongst European decision-makers over the reliability of Mr Musk’s satellite internet system after it was slowed down in Ukraine, hampering its defences.
“当我们看到主权、领土完整以及支撑该地区稳定的规则不再能被视为理所当然时，我们必须采取行动，改变我们的战略姿态，”欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩周二表示。
“When we see that sovereignty, territorial integrity and the rules that have underpinned stability in the region can no longer be taken for granted, we have to act and change our strategic posture,” Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission’s president, said on Tuesday.
根据欧盟战略文件，欧盟“将通过‘鸢尾座2号’为政府通信提供安全卫星连接”。
The EU “will provide secure satellite connectivity for government communications” through its Iris2, according to the EU strategy document.
“鸢尾座2号”是欧盟自主研发的、与SpaceX“星链”抗衡的系统，后者利用卫星星座提供地面通信链路。欧盟版本预计将于2030年投入运行。
Iris2 is the EU’s indigenous rival to SpaceX’s Starlink, which uses a constellation of satellites to provide communications links on the ground. The bloc’s version is expected to come online in 2030.
上周，《每日电讯报》报道称，马斯克曾建议美军限制乌克兰使用“星盾”——即五角大楼控制的“星链”军用版本。
Last week, The Telegraph reported that Mr Musk was responsible for a suggestion for the US military to throttle Ukraine’s use of Starshield, the Pentagon-controlled version of Starlink.
布鲁塞尔还计划在北大西洋和北极设立一个监测枢纽，以保护和修复海底通信电缆，据称俄罗斯正在那里策划破坏行动。
Brussels is also planning to set up a monitoring hub to protect and repair undersea communications cables in the North Atlantic and Arctic, where Russia is allegedly plotting sabotage operations.
欧盟资金将用于部署一系列摄像头、传感器和卫星，以探测该地区的威胁。
EU funds would be spent on an array of cameras, sensors and satellites to detect threats in the region.
欧盟委员会表示，将“支持交付一条主权、安全且具韧性的海底电缆”，以将格陵兰岛直接与欧洲大陆相连。在这份集团政策文件中，美国仅被提及寥寥数次。
While the commission said it would “support the delivery of a sovereign, secure, and resilient submarine cable” to connect Greenland directly to mainland Europe. The US is mentioned only a handful of times in the bloc’s policy document.
虽然文件并未明确说明，但欧盟制定该计划是为了应对特朗普威胁夺取格陵兰岛控制权——该自治岛屿属于丹麦，也是北约盟友。
While it did not explicitly say so, the EU moved to formulate the plan in response to Mr Trump’s threats to seize control of Greenland, an autonomous island belonging to Denmark, a fellow Nato ally.
尽管自从特朗普与哥本哈根签署安全协议以来，这位美国总统关于该地区的言论有所降温，该协议可能扩大美军在该岛的立足点。
Although the US president’s rhetoric on the region has somewhat cooled since he signed a security pact with Copenhagen, potentially expanding the American military’s foothold on the island.
欧盟战略提到了中国和俄罗斯等国在争夺北极地区自然资源和航运航道方面构成的竞争。
The EU strategy refers to the competition faced by the likes of China and Russia in the race to secure the Arctic region’s natural resources and shipping lanes.
“北极的新现实要求欧洲成为强有力且可靠的伙伴。这正是我们通过新战略旨在实现的目标，”负责国际伙伴关系的欧盟委员约泽夫·西凯拉表示。
“The new reality in the Arctic requires Europe to be a strong and reliable partner. That is precisely what we aim to achieve with our new strategy,” said Jozef Sikela, the EU commissioner responsible for international partnerships.