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substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, my thanks go to the rapporteur, Mrs Locatelli, for her excellent work. It is hard to believe that she has only just arrived here in Parliament. The Group of the Party of European Socialists strongly supports the report and appreciates the work that has been done so well.
Research is the key to implementing the Lisbon objectives. We do not have natural resources here in Europe: our natural resources are in our heads. That is why this is a crucial area.
There is a problem with basic research and technology platforms, collaborations and especially financing. It is sensible to finance European research when it produces genuine European added value. Accordingly, it is hardly appropriate to finance very small individual projects in the field of basic research. Instead, support should go to projects that are too broad, complex or risky for one single Member State to fund.
In the context of the technology platforms, the concept of cooperation with regard to new industrial research, the assumption that the private sector would put up two-thirds of the costs is not realistic in all cases. Private agencies and institutions will hardly be prepared to provide such a large share of the funding of organisations that have their sights on the distant future and technological revolution. Examples might be hydrotechnology and nanotechnology. In the countries that are the Union’s major competitors, such as the United States of America and Japan, the share of public funding in these sectors is as much as 80%. We cannot possibly afford to give the competitive edge to outsiders in this way. We therefore have to be ready, if necessary, to use public funds to subsidise projects which may only be of potential benefit in the long term. Consequently, the rules governing State aid should be reformed.
Secondly, research and development must be made to benefit the SME sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises do not have the funds for sophisticated research. They are flexible, however, and can use the results of research and development work, and this might be the key to solving our unemployment problem. There are 19 million SMEs and we have 16 million unemployed."@en1
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