Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-26-Speech-3-172"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20050126.9.3-172"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
".
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this joint decision by Parliament and the Council is a much-needed and eagerly-awaited new step towards a more widespread use of digital technologies and broadband information delivery. The developments we are seeing in the fields of applied mathematics and information technology are quite simply overwhelming, and they are accompanied by an equally rapid development of electronic technologies, particularly the reduction of size to a minimum whilst user functions are increased to a maximum.
All these developments are motivated by what I would call noble purposes, such as education, broadening access to culture and making administration and banking more efficient. In turn, this ought to promote the development of all scientific and technological disciplines, boost the economy and improve defence and security, including protection against terrorism. This should all be achievable by anyone who needs such access. I said ‘anyone’, but I must qualify this, as access and facilities of this kind must not under any circumstances be made available to criminals, including the various sorts of computer pirates. An effective way of stopping this group of potentially malicious users must be found.
We should also view this decision in the context of other documents, in particular the Parliament and Council decision on safer use of the Internet and online technologies. Yet we cannot on the one hand talk about convenience, and then on the other set our sights on introducing patents on computer programs. We would do better to search for a way of providing widespread and high-quality Internet access cheaply, for example via low-voltage electricity networks.
It follows from what I have said that the draft decision should be seen as a constructive suggestion. I should like to express my thanks to the rapporteur, although unfortunately the amount set aside to implement this initiative falls far short of what is needed. The Council has proposed EUR 135 million, the rapporteur EUR 149 million and the Commission EUR 163 million. How does this square with the goals of the Lisbon strategy? How can such important goals be achieved for so little money?"@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples