Certainly the EU plans an independent GPS service and as I understand it, they are attempting to design a system that is independent of any single controlling organisation.
The current GPS is owned by the US military, and as a result, GPS satellites are moved to areas of "interest" to increase accuracy, thereby depleting the level of coverage elsewhere. In times of conflict the US military can turn off GPS coverage completely.
In addition, I see to recall that the Galileo proposal is a move towards a second generation GPS service with significantly greater accuracy for all users.
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RecSAR