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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European learning area2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.3.4-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-0502
lpv:speaker	lp:Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2002-09-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2003-09-03)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should first of all like to thank Mrs Gutiérrez-Cortines warmly for the effort she has made to write this own-initiative report. I could not agree more that knowledge is the key to competitiveness and economic and social development in Europe, but I certainly do not see eye to eye on all her conclusions. Universities play a vital role when it comes to turning Europe into the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy. It is therefore very important for them to maintain mutual contact and exchange information and experiences. The pre-condition is, however, that they should offer high-quality education in an attempt to create centres of excellence within the academic world. I completely share Mrs Gutiérrez-Cortines' view that the mobility of students, lecturers and researchers could be much improved. Administratively, many stumbling blocks could be removed. However, I cannot see the good in the Commission and Member States having to promote the establishment of a European University Seat. Accordingly, it is not clear to me what role a representation of the Member States and of Parliament would be playing in this. Another point, the validity of which passes me by, is the setting up of a separate European cultural university. Language and literature, philosophy and communication are already being taught at existing universities, while special academies cater for the arts. The report points at the need for an intercultural dialogue with the world's other regions. This is all well and good, but it does suggest that the existing universities are completely introspective and maintain no contact with the rest of the world, and this is simply no longer the case. I therefore fear, Mrs Gutiérrez-Cortines, that my group, despite the fact that we agree on certain aspects of the report, will be abstaining from the vote, since it cannot reconcile itself with the two above-mentioned points."@en1

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