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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Erika Mann’s last words really struck a chord with me. I would like to thank the rapporteur for the excellent cooperation in the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy which culminated in this own initiative report.
Mr President, there is too little investment in ICT across the entire European Union, both by industry and by the government. Take, for example, the sixth Framework Programme: EUR 3.6 billion has been earmarked for ICT, but that is far too little. For let us consider what is needed to turn Europe into the world’s most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy, as was agreed in Lisbon.
First of all, we need a good infrastructure, of course, and I am taking a wide-angled view on this. Based on my liberal belief, this does not, of course, primarily require government involvement. At European level, however, there is naturally a need for a high-speed, trans-European research network, and that is where the European Union comes in a big way, as my fellow MEP pointed out a moment ago. I would urge the Commissioner to show more ambition in this area.
There is also a need for good quality content. Once again, the lack of capital is a huge barrier, especially to innovation. The content sector consists of fledgling companies and medium-sized companies that wish to export, and due to the turbulence on the market, there is little willingness to provide risk capital. Moreover, Europe displays strong regional differences in the supply of capital. This situation puts Europe at a disadvantage compared to the United States, where three to four times more risk capital is being invested in digital content and in Internet-related activities.
That now leads to innovation, more economic growth and, obviously, to employment. The public sector should play a more significant role in improving the situation by combining supply and demand in the European Union.
Finally, Mr President, for the first time in history, technology is driving constitutional law. That is why I am asking the Commissioner why the topic “citizens and governance in the European knowledge-based society”, for which EUR 225 million has been earmarked in the sixth Framework Programme, does not fall within the same category as “technologies in the information society”.
Mr President, the government itself will also need to adjust to the information society."@en1
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