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Mr President, Mr Potočnik, ladies and gentlemen, we are calling for research funds to be doubled with respect to the Sixth Framework Programme, without asking ourselves whether the latter programme is an appropriate yardstick. In fact, when it was established, there was not yet such a pressing need to revitalise the competitiveness of the European Union, such a massive and important enlargement had not taken place, international competition had not yet emerged so forcefully, and nor had a knowledge-based strategy such as the Lisbon strategy yet been formulated.
All of that has now happened and, furthermore, very little has been done in terms of the Lisbon objectives. We therefore need to make up for lost time, considering that half of the time laid down for them has already passed. We must pull out all the stops, starting precisely with research, which sustains all the progress we make. To this end, last Monday the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy approved the three main lines of action for the next framework programme: the European Research Council, the new research proposals and the technology platforms.
The European Research Council has emerged out of the acknowledgment that basic research now has an importance which goes beyond the Member States and must be supported at Union level and in accordance with the Lisbon strategy. It is an initial focus around which we can elaborate a development and competitiveness policy, which will then be filled out in the technology platforms. These platforms must obtain resources chiefly from enterprises, but also from public institutions, the Member States, regions and local authorities, in order to organise research of general interest and to help businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, meet the need for research in order to make them competitive.
These are sound, decisive innovations which will give fresh impetus to our businesses. We must have a presence in the new sectors, adopt innovative measures and provide conventional manufacturing businesses with a new competitive capacity if we do not wish to sit idly by as Europe undergoes full deindustrialisation. We must be consistent and invest in research which, even when it is not strictly targeted, has an extremely high potential for return. Perhaps it will not suffice to double the funds but, in any case, we cannot afford to be too sparing when it comes to these resources. I would make it clear that the Commission can count on the support of Parliament in order to face this challenge."@en1
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