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Mr President, I would like to thank everyone for their contributions to the debate. The entire European Parliament has worked on the Seventh Framework Programme. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy received opinions from eight different committees.
I briefly wanted to comment on the most important responses. The Framework Programme does have a shortcoming: insufficient funds. It is the only part of the Union budget which is growing. The growth rate has been approximately 30% per year on average in comparison with the Sixth Framework Programme. However, we had expected the growth rate to be twice that amount. That is why we are not satisfied and why we feel that an opportunity has been missed. Now, the important thing is to use what we have as best we can. The Seventh Framework Programme is meant to be the fly wheel of the Lisbon Strategy. We have to unlock the potential of the 25 EU Member States. We have to achieve synergy between national programmes and regional activities. The most important slogan is ‘excellence in each project’. The second slogan is ‘science closer to industry, with an emphasis on innovation’. The third issue is fundamental research and the independence of the scientists conducting this research. Finally, the fourth issue is ‘people’ – ensuring the development of talent and making sure that the most talented have good conditions for implementing ideas. Otherwise, we will never succeed with the development and employment strategy for the EU.
Two thematic priorities are health, about which there can be no doubt, and energy for Europe, or in other words clean, safe and secure supplies. We have too little crude oil and gas. We definitely need to turn our attention to renewable energy, clean coal technologies and nuclear energy. We cannot reject any of these.
Finally, the most important thing is to implement the Seventh Framework Programme on schedule. The European Parliament voted on the financial perspective barely a month ago and is voting on the Framework Programme in two days’ time. This is a fantastic rate, so let us keep it up. I appeal to the Council to adopt a common position as soon as possible.
Thank you to Commissioner Potočnik for his excellent collaboration. I am convinced that the European Parliament and all those present here are prepared to continue this cooperation, and we must do so on time."@en1
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