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"Mr President, I want first to express my thanks for the exciting, inspiring and business-like work in the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy. It has been a delight to participate in the work on the framework programme. I also want to thank Commissioner Busquin for the way in which he began the discussion with new ideas about the European Research Area. I have seen how the ideas floated by the Commissioner have taken root in the countries of the EU and created a new dynamic of a kind we had not known before and which I would to a large extent ascribe to the Commissioner’s initiative. I am very pleased about the opportunities under the framework programme also to involve countries which do not directly receive aid from the European Union, for example, even Iran and Taiwan can participate, to cite two extremes, if the countries themselves pay and if we find that they add value to the programmes. That means exchanges involving young people in areas that are important for the future. It provides the opportunity for new creativity and new understanding within research, something that will be very valuable, especially in the world of today.
With regard to nuclear research, I believe that Europe should promote this in areas which can contribute to our actively participating in the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, weapons grade plutonium, etc. We have facilities. We have knowledge that can be made use of. The international mood today is such that there is now a possibility of having these things destroyed. Let us make sure that they are destroyed, and allow Europe to take part in their destruction. Finally, I hope that the Commissioner, together with his Director-General, will take the lead when it comes to the simplification that is necessary if small and medium-sized companies, together with university departments, are happily able to participate in the programme without experiencing financial difficulties."@en1
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