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Mr President, it is a good thing that this important topic should be on today’s agenda, because where innovation is concerned, it is an unfortunate fact that we in Europe are still lagging behind our competitors, and so it is cause for rejoicing that the Commission, in its reform plans for state aid policy, has placed great emphasis on measures, particularly for the SMEs, intended to give a shot in the arm to innovation and innovative entrepreneurship in the European Union.
This report by Mrs in’t Veldcan can count on the unanimous support of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, and I am indebted to the rapporteur for her sound report and also for her good cooperation. The report clearly formulates the basic principles underpinning the grant of aid for innovation and specifies the groups to which such grants can be made.
Commissioner, you are known as someone who always takes the opinion of this House very seriously. That is why, despite your statement, along with Mrs in’t Veld, I am disappointed that the Commission presented the preliminary framework as early as last week. This may well have been for the purposes of the informal Council, but it would have been right and proper for you to postpone this consultation so as to take Parliament’s opinion into consideration, which would have amounted to just a few weeks’ delay.
The report contains a number of points which I would urge you to take note of now and make more prominent in the future. Fortunately, two of those have already been debated today, so we should be able to agree on the substance. Whilst I am particularly concerned about the contribution of large enterprises, as you say, in connection with clusters, of course, we should not underestimate their innovative force, or the support that may be required at cluster level.
I should also like to make a point of mentioning non-technological innovation again, and my third and final point is that there is a need for more clarity about the way in which state aid applies to universities and research institutes."@en1
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