Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-17-Speech-1-102"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-11-17"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031117.7.1-102"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-17-Speech-1-1032
lpv:speaker	lp:Eryl Margaret McNALLY2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to congratulate both the rapporteur and the Commissioner. We are lucky to have two committed men, both of whom realise the importance of science. I was re-reading the hearings documents on the appointment of the Commission and I was very pleased to see how far the Commission has gone towards the objectives the Commissioner set out at that time. At the moment the whole credibility of European Union Member States is at stake. They have made declarations, including the one made in Lisbon, but they have not taken the action needed to put those declarations into effect. Indeed, some Member States have done precisely the opposite of what is needed. The rapporteur, like many of us, endorses the Commission's recommendations and the action plan it has put forward. We plead with Member States to implement what they have said in their declarations. We need the Finance Ministers of the European Union to look towards the seventh framework programme and the necessary funding. We need to train and retain scientists; women scientists in particular are a wasted resource. There needs to be coordination between research infrastructure and regional policy. We must find out why countries like Sweden and Finland can do that whilst other countries cannot. We have much to learn from them. I entirely support the creation of a European Research Council to give some coordination and coherence to our work, particularly in basic research. A recent meeting with astronauts made me more aware of the potential for science in Europe if we take the messages of the Lisbon declaration seriously. Almost all of us know them off by heart, but Member States have so far taken very little action on them. Congratulations again to Mr Linkohr and to Mr Busquin."@en1
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