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"en.20111213.26.2-195-250"2
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"I voted against this report in which the International Nuclear Fusion Research project ITER will get EUR 1.3 billion for 2012 and 2013.
This joint research project with the EU, the US, China, the Russian Federation, India, Japan and South Korea, aims to show that fusion energy is scientifically and technologically feasible. Whilst I agree that research in this area is important, I cannot see why the EU is trying to act as a funder while eurozone economies are failing. Instead, the EU is aiming to give EUR 100 million in the 2012 budget, and EUR 840 million which will be deducted from administration and agriculture and added to research and development (a practice known as ‘offsetting’). A further EUR 360 million is apparently needed in 2013. I am pleased that six Member States saw fit to block the agreement on the source of the EUR 360 million in 2013 (DE, FR, AT, UK, NL, SE) especially as the EU is providing 45.5% of cost, while the other partners are contributing only 9.1%.
The EU contribution is an estimated EUR 6.6 billion. Bearing in mind that the UK was just asked to give up the rebate again, I can presume that is where the Commission is hoping the money will come from!"@en1
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