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"Mr President, I should like to thank the rapporteur for his hard work and for the many additions to the Commission's proposals, particularly on health and disease and sustainable transport. However, this was undermined in committee by what Mr Van Velzen has already referred to as the joint result. The proposals on health and transport emerged very much weakened. Our citizens will want to know why we want to spend more on space research than on sustainable transport. It is not their priority.
On ethics in biotechnology, the proposals allow funding of research into the alteration of the germline of human beings. This is unacceptable to mainstream science. The Greens have tabled an amendment which is congruent with the position of most researchers in the field and this must be supported.
On stem cell research, the production of human embryos for research is unacceptable and it is very unacceptable to most of our citizens as well. The Temporary Committee on Human Genetics has come to very useful conclusions here and its report should have been taken before this debate. However, amendments have been tabled in line with its proposals and these must also be accepted by the House, otherwise we will be in deep conflict with our citizens.
As regards GMOs and plant genetics, the proposals that were adopted in committee would put genetically-modified foods on our table and will be forced on European consumers, quite contrary to what many want. This is again a recipe for conflict and it was not in the Commission's proposals.
Regarding energy, equivalent funding for renewables and nuclear is required. We have allocated over EUR 1 billion for nuclear funding and nowhere near the equivalent for renewable energy. This again is completely unacceptable to our citizens. If we are not to have a conflict between science and society, which the Commissioner has been very anxious to avoid, we will need to revise these priorities. For example, proposals on fusion are out of date. Both the US and Japan are pulling out of this research completely."@en1
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