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"Madam President, you do not need to convince me or the Commission about the usefulness of a programme that is performing so well. This usefulness and cost-effectiveness can be seen in a programme with a not-so-big budget of EUR 743 million that still has a huge leverage effect and impact on energy efficiency and renewable energy in the European Union.
As regards the involvement of small and medium-size companies, only part of the 3 000 partners – that is 1 500 partners – can be classified as small and medium-sized companies. The position of Parliament was not only visible as regards the awards; Parliament was able to increase the budget for this programme for 2011 by EUR 10 million and for 2012 by EUR 7.5 million. This is a commitment which is expressed in budgetary lines as well.
The programme will not disappear. The commitment cannot disappear because this is so conducive to the goals of the 2020 Strategy, and energy efficiency is among the seven priority areas of the Strategy for the Future of Europe.
We also have to respond to the need for mainstreaming programmes. Mainstreaming is clearly indicated in all the evaluations of various programmes of the European Union. Given the constraints of not being able to spend more money, we need in future to look at better spending. This is about the mainstreaming of programmes, not the disappearance of a programme that is performing so well.
What is the future of this programme? It will be placed under a consistent framework which links research development and market update within the growing envelope for Horizon 2020 – growing from EUR 50 billion to EUR 80 billion. The energy component is classified as secure, clean and efficient energy.
We cannot give up on the issue of energy security on the continent, on which we will be so dependent in the coming years. Energy security is an important aspect of Horizon 2020. It is clearly the place for an energy component which is classified as clean and efficient energy; it is the place for intelligent energy and for a dedicated element of this energy component. So it is going to be a very visible commitment, in monetary terms as well.
Of course this is not the only place to find money for intelligent, renewable and efficient energy. As you probably know, this is high in the hierarchy of the goals of the structural funds, which attract a much larger amount of money in so-called interim regions, namely the regions with a per capita GDP of less than 90% of the European Union average. There is a very limited range of goals, and energy efficiency is the number one area of the structural funds to which funding is to be committed in this type of region of Europe.
So we are looking at the position of intelligent energy in the multiannual framework. This could be more than EUR 1 billion instead of EUR 700 million, for example; I cannot give exact figures today, but I know that this is a growing envelope. Therefore, visibility and financial commitment is to be guaranteed in the multiannual framework for 2014-2020. The role of the European Parliament is very clear in shaping the future by shaping the rules of the game in this component of the multiannual framework."@en1
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