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"Mr President, Commission, fellow Members, ladies and gentlemen, I intend to devote my speaking time to three elements of the Commission’s work programme, namely global competitiveness, green growth and energy. All three of these issues are crucial dimensions of a competitive Europe.
Firstly, then, global competitiveness. Europe’s future lies in competing at the cutting edges of research with quality and with skill. Only in that way can we retain the European model. The Seventh Framework Programme is therefore the most important document on industrial policy for many years. I am afraid I have to say that there is to some degree a lack of drive in this work programme. It is a good and important thing to engage in space exploration, but where are the ambitions in relation to the medical industry? Why is IT mentioned only in the context of IT crime? If I were to express one wish, it would be for a more cohesive strategic plan to enable us to compete in the 21st century.
Secondly, the environment and growth. All too often, when documents such as this are presented, one gets the feeling that the environment and growth are somehow mutually opposed. I am convinced that this is not so, something that I think is proved through the work of REACH. In the next few decades, the world will be forced to do something about the climate issue. This will involve new technology for saving energy, new technology to power cars and so on. There will be an enormous market for environmentally friendly technology and for energy-efficient products. That is where our European companies should be. I therefore wish that, over the next year, the Commission might devote more energy to developing environment-driven growth.
Thirdly, energy. Europe’s competitiveness stands or falls according to whether or not it has a secure and economically feasible energy supply.
It is easier to fight for your principles than to live up to them, but I hope that the Commission manages to do the latter when it comes to global competitiveness, green growth and a secure and sustainable energy supply."@en1
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