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Mr President, the proposal by the European Commission to create a European Security Research Programme is an initiative which moves in the right direction.
Finally, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Klich, and to say that our group will be voting in favour of his report tomorrow.
Both the European Council, with the European security strategy adopted in December 2003, and the European Parliament, in its resolution in April 2005, have highlighted the need to combat international dangers and challenges by reinforcing European defence and security policy and the common foreign policy and defence and security policy.
However, the problem is not only institutional and political. It is, at the same time, operational. It is a question of the effective application of the decisions taken at the level of the European institutions. Consequently, it is also linked to the ability of the European Union to proceed more quickly in the sectors of research, technology and innovation for European security.
Our objective must not be blind competition with the United States. However, it is true that, when investment by the United States is compared with investment by the European Union in internal security and even in the arms industry and defence equipment, the European Union and the Member States are, unfortunately, much worse off.
The European Union must move forward, because it has every interest in avoiding dependence and, at the same time, securing its interests, the interests of the Member States and the security and protection of European citizens.
It is also in its interest for the European Union to strengthen research programmes and policies and to contribute to economic development, to the strengthening of competitiveness and to the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy. The proposal to integrate this programme into the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union is particularly important, as is the proposal to give it an annual budget of EUR one billion.
The European Security Research Programme must not be one-sidedly orientated towards technology research. Balanced development of research is needed which will also cover the fields of political, social and human sciences. If they are to be combated effectively, the problems of international terrorism, organised crime and illegal immigration need a broader approach, not for research to be encaged in a militaristic or police-state philosophy.
One of the main goals of the Programme is the protection of outside borders and basic infrastructures. These are important goals which relate to the security of the European Union, because they strengthen the visibility of the Programme to European citizens.
Finally, I believe that we need to ensure, as the European Union, that security research does not undermine our collective principles and values about the protection of human rights and political and democratic freedoms."@en1
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