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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too should like to thank all the rapporteurs, the Spanish Presidency and, naturally, the Commission for the pleasant and efficient cooperation, as a result of which we have completed the total package of the Sixth Framework Programme this week after all. This will receive the unqualified support of the Liberal Group.
Europe must become more innovative. Research results must be translated into new products. The Sixth Framework Programme offers the opportunities to do this, especially by deploying new instruments so that, for example, multi-disciplinary teams within integrated projects can work together. Innovations mainly take place on the cutting edge of disciplines, and it is important in this respect to clarify how the integrated projects will be implemented and how the loose ends will be tied up from an administrative point of view. For clarity is still completely lacking in this field. The Commission therefore has an important task to fulfil. An area of attention in this respect is the late payments by the Commission, which can thus cause huge problems for projects and innovation.
I am delighted with the budget for information and communication technology of EUR 3 600. After all, ICT, being a horizontal technology, makes a huge contribution to innovation within all other disciplines. My proposal to increase the budget for the participation of small and medium-size companies to 15% has been adopted by the Commission and the Council, and this underlines the importance of small companies in terms of dynamism in our economy and employment. This participation, however, should, according to the Liberal Group, feature within thematic programmes. This would guarantee cooperation between large and small companies, for small companies lack the know-how and the manpower to go it alone. It is not acceptable for the best part of the limited research budget that is available to be used for flanking policy by the Commission, since that is not a European task.
With regard to the Joint Research Centre, I should like to comment on its tasks in relation to nuclear safety, currently a very controversial topic in the Union. For what transpires? The acceding Member States boast a large number of nuclear power plants which do not meet our safety standards. Eight nuclear power plants have now been closed. It is, in fact, very odd that we in Europe have high safety standards for our water intended for swimming in, as Mrs De Palacio pointed out recently, but that there is still no joint approach in the field of nuclear safety. Binding rules across the EU are essential. As we cannot distinguish between the current and acceding Member States, it is necessary to amend the Euratom Treaty so that the JRC can complete the tasks imposed on it via this specific programme in a clear, transparent and effective manner."@en1
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