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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament I would like to welcome Ms Balzani’s report, and I am very pleased that in this case both the Commission and the major groups in the European Parliament are seeing eye to eye, and that we will reinforce our decision made in December 2011 and request the reallocation of funds.
We are very often faced with criticism that the increased costs of the project are a reason to call it into question, but we must add that one of the very reasons of increased costs is the budgetary authorities’ questioning, and this results in delays. We must be aware that any further hesitation will also result in increased costs, and this is important not only for the current budgetary years of 2012 and 2013, but also in respect of the 2014-2020 budgetary period.
It is therefore crucial for European Member States to provide reinforced political support for this project, because it is extremely important for us to be aware that the enormous social groups that are emerging as a result of global trends, energy demand, demographic changes and globalisation and are entering the market as energy consumers are more prevalent in this present age than ever before. Because I have time, I would like to tell you that it is very important for those of us from the new Member States, and perhaps for the entire European Union, to remember the date when the ITER project was launched.
In 1985, as the first step to ending the Cold War, Russian General Secretary Gorbachev met with Ronald Reagan, and they agreed not only on the commencement of nuclear disarmament but also on scientific and technological cooperation. The beginning of the ITER project was made possible by the scientific and technological cooperation initiated in 1985. This project is supported by the political parties of the European Union, which means that the decision here must not just be a technological one, but must also be a political confirmation of the fact that we have completely put the Cold War behind us, and that this is a good thing. Finally, as a Hungarian I would like to welcome fusion energy, conceived by Hungarian scientist and Nobel laureate Edward Teller.
I believe that it is rare to find a project, conceived by us as Hungarians and as Europeans in a global environment, that we can support over such a long period of time. I therefore say that we need to continue this project not only from a financial or an energy production standpoint, but also for political reasons. Thank you for your attention."@en1
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