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I should like to start, Mr President, with the tables of indicators announced by the Commission in its most recent communication, which will be sent to Barcelona. It is true, as the honourable Member says in his question, that Greece's indicators on matters such as entrepreneurial expenditure on research and development, access to the Internet, lifelong learning and public spending on education are lower than those of other Member States.
However, I should like to point out that the Commission's philosophy behind these annual indicators is not just to compare the situation between Member States which do not always have the same points of reference; it is to look at the progress made by Member States from one year to the next. If we take the indicator for Internet access, Greece has progressed from 4.5% last year to 11% this year.
These are the main objectives for the operational programmes for 2000 to 2006. In other words, there are operational programmes for education, vocational training, lifelong learning, the information society and the dissemination of the information society in both the public administration and the business sector. This is one of the major challenges of the Greek government's national action plan and the Community Support Framework. Of course, we must not forget that these programmes have substantial Community funds, but that alone is not enough. Very substantial national funds are needed, together with efficient, urgent policies, especially for the information society, if these indicators are to improve significantly by next year."@en1
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