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"Mr President, I should like to express my support for what my colleague, Mr Glante, has just said. However, on the future of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), it is true that today, we have not established common ground.
There is far more than just GMES at stake. The ambition to safeguard our growth is very real, above and beyond both the technological and environmental aspects mentioned by Mr Glante. We are also finally calling for a Europe of projects, which Mr Barnier has promoted so much, including during the European election campaign.
In its efforts to exclude GMES from the multiannual financial framework, and by dragging its feet over the adoption of a new regulation on the implementation of GMES after 2014, the Commission is casting doubt on the future of this programme. More seriously still, it is casting very real doubt on its ability to actually take on extremely ambitious projects.
Would Mr Barroso – I am sorry, Mr Barnier – for once show some courage and initiative, particularly on this project. In my view, he has indeed shown very little courage or initiative during this parliamentary term, and I say this very clearly. Take action on this project, which is so vital to our competitiveness and for boosting employment. We truly need it at the moment.
As you know, we are very active in the European Parliament. In September, we signed a letter addressed to Mr Barroso. We adopted the report on a space strategy for the European Union, as Mr Glante mentioned earlier, asking you very clearly not to abandon funding for GMES.
Today, through this oral question and this resolution, we have done so again. Mr Barroso should listen to this message, to the messages from those who have been directly elected by Europe’s citizens. The European Union should not abandon a project to the Member States after initiating it and funding it up to now.
In conclusion, I endorse all the requests made earlier by my colleague, Mr Glante."@en1
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