Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-30-Speech-4-059"
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"en.20061130.6.4-059"2
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"Madam President, there are many reasons why the European Union loses out when competing with other countries. It does badly against both highly industrialised and developing countries. I cannot run through all the factors involved, but the main ones are inadequate support for SMEs and inadequate investment in science and education.
I would, however, like to focus on a different aspect today, namely the very marked differences in development within the European Union, at both national and regional level. If we are to create a genuine European scientific and technological area, we will first have to bridge the gap between the richer and poorer Member States. This obviously calls for additional resources, by which I mean not just the structural funds or funds allocated to agriculture, but also to resources for research and development, science and education.
Unfortunately, the richer countries have managed to secure almost all the funding set aside for such purposes, arguing that they are more effective in these areas. It should therefore come as no surprise that the differences between the rich and poor parts of the Union are becoming more rather than less marked, and that the European Union is developing at a significantly lower rate than the United States or the Asian countries."@en1
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