Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-17-Speech-3-303"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European research area2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000517.14.3-303"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-17-Speech-3-3042
lpv:speaker	lp:Dorette Corbey2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, cooperation in terms of research is difficult in Europe, far more difficult than it is in the United States and this is why Commissioner Busquin’s communication is so significant. Investment in research and in cooperation must lead to more economic growth and more employment. This effort deserves all our support, and this is why I can give my full backing to the report by Mrs Plooij, to whom, by the way, I would like to convey my sincerest compliments. But I would prefer it if we were a little more precise in our debate. We have to ascertain that not all research leads to more economic growth or more employment. The demand for research is huge where supporting policy choices, risk analyses, environmental effect reports, monitors and comparative research is concerned. It is all part of the preparation or assessment of political decisions in the environmental sector in the area of food or public health. In these particular areas, European cooperation is meaningful. The Joint Research Centres, the JRCs, have many examples of sound cooperation projects. In many research areas, the JRC researchers find themselves in a situation much like a spider in a web. Where research in support of policy is concerned, initiatives from the Commission are therefore vital in order to prevent work from being duplicated, to avoid fragmentation and to ensure that the best measuring methods and the best techniques become the benchmark. But in this type of work, no major spin-offs in the employment sphere can be expected outside the research centres. There is also great demand for applied research, which can be expected to have a far greater impact on employment. But European policy could restrict itself to creating appropriate conditions, and practical obstacles should be cleared away. I would like to finish off by saying a few words on basic research. Research situated between applied and basic research now has a lower profile but remains significant. Many fundamental questions in the fields of natural and life sciences remain unanswered. It is precisely in these spheres that coordination of national research efforts is of major importance."@en1

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