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"We sometime take decisions that may not bear fruit for the people of the EU for decades. Often, the position we take will influence life only for our children, whilst we will sometimes not even be able to confirm whether we have voted for a sensible project. The ITER project is one of these. The prospect of success with nuclear fusion is nonetheless very alluring, and to be honest, we do not have many options for the situation when our energy sources run out. I am therefore convinced of the need to support the ITER project. Yes, it is expensive, and yes, the outcome is not 100% certain, but there is a chance here. Humanity will not develop and move on without courage decisions. We should therefore finance programmes as ambitious as the nuclear fusion reactor. I am pleased that we are finally approaching a solution to all of the problems, and I hope that one will be found, despite the latest apparent obstructions from some Member States. Europe will then not prove an unreliable bedfellow for our partners, who include the US, Russia, Japan, India and other countries. I do not know whether the claim is entirely correct that the current costs for ITER represent just 3% of US military spending last year. It shows, however, that this is not such an absurd use of money for us as some people are trying to make out."@en1
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