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".
Thank you, Mr. President, for the floor.
Commissioner
President-in-Office of the Council, ladies and gentlemen, I will speak in my own language – Polish.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have the noble goal of helping poor countries. Yet sometimes merely giving money has no effect. As a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and hence a representative of education, which the Commissioner mentioned earlier, I would like to draw your attention to one issue. The research I have carried out to date indicates that only a little over 30% of those who come from poor countries to study at leading European, American or other universities return to their countries of origin, whether they are here to gain master’s or doctoral degrees. We are helping one or two people individually, but this is no help at all to the poor country. What needs to happen is for these people to return as technological experts in agriculture, education or any other field, in order to become the elite and the driving force of the economy. This is one way to reduce hunger and poverty.
With regard to the matter we are discussing here, I once had the opportunity to exchange a few words with Commissioner Michel, and I believe that we agree that it would be useful to put forward a proposal, and if possible to implement it, whereby a certain amount of money would be earmarked in the budget to help those returning to poor countries to adapt, or rather re-adapt, to poverty during the transitional period before they find a suitable job that is in keeping with their skills. This would be a great help, and in some ways an extension of the scholarships and financial assistance we offer for them to come here and study in our countries. In other words, ladies and gentlemen, we do not really need these Ph.D.s from Mali or the Congo, as we have our own, yet they are very much needed in their own countries. I am therefore very much in favour of this proposal. If necessary, I will draft it properly, including data, and submit it to the Committee on Development as a proposal for the Commission. I would like everyone here present and the Commissioner to devote their attention to this now. I thank you."@en1
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