Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-25-Speech-2-393"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Institute of Technology (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070925.34.2-393"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-25-Speech-2-3942
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyösti Virrankoski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-06-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2007-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first of all I would like to thank Mr Paasilinna for an excellent report. The idea of a European Institute of Technology was only born in the Commission after the EU’s multiannual financial framework had already been adopted. That is the reason why the financing for it was sporadic and its mission statement was vague. After Parliament’s debate the proposal was considerably improved, even if there is still much to clarify. EU financing is still problematic. Just as Mrs Škottová said, most of the financing is assumed to be coming from the Structural Funds and the EU research programmes. This is not at all obvious, however, because the Member States decide on how the Structural Funds are used according to their own priorities. Most funding for research is granted for reasons of competition. Despite the Commission’s assurance, the principle of fair competition might be difficult to adhere to when the applicant is someone’s ‘own baby’. Financing for the EIT’s networks of Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) is also, in principle, open. If funds are to be granted from EU programmes, the KICs should have to provide their own funds as well. EU budget money cannot be used for that: it has to come from elsewhere. How this will be done is not clear either. The amendment to the Financial Perspective proposed by the Commission last week is a partial solution to these problems. Hopefully things can only get better. The EU’s development into a viable European institution will take hard work. It cannot be achieved with money alone. That is why I wish the project success in the future."@en1

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