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"Madam President, Mrs Gutiérrez-Cortines’ report on universities and higher education in the European learning area is full of good intentions. We must ensure, however, that we do not fall into the trap of the dogmatic principle that is so dear to pro-European supporters: wherever there is a European area, everything must, without fail, be merged and blended together.
As far as universities are concerned, a great deal has already been done, particularly under the Socrates and Erasmus programmes, to encourage the mobility of students and teachers, the creation of joint courses, the scheduling of intensive courses as well as helping to set up thematic networks. Must we, however, go further down a centralising and bureaucratic route, which would introduce unique and rigid criteria in an area where the diversity of cultures, methods and concepts is the guarantee of a culture of quality, which is not tied to an ideology?
Up to now, Europe has done what it has had to do in this area by providing everyone with effective tools under the programmes I mentioned earlier. We must now develop original forms of cooperation, whilst respecting the freedoms and desires of each EU nation. Business and engineering schools provide an example of the success of schools which, independently of any European legal framework, have successfully managed to integrate themselves into this new area by freely organising joint reorientation classes, exchanges, subjects and degrees.
Is it up to Europe to decide what belongs to the private domain? Is it up to Europe to concern itself with sporting activities in universities? Is it up to Europe to define what must constitute teaching of artistic studies? I do not think it is. I recognise, however, that there are two positive points in this report. Firstly, the drafting of a Green Paper, as long as it does not become an instrument for standardizing our universities, and secondly, granting post-graduate study grants on the basis of merit rather than household income. These two points are not enough, however, to convince us to vote in favour of this report."@en1
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