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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, neither investment in science and research nor the Lisbon Strategy as a whole are goals in themselves. This means that a great deal of care should be taken when drafting resolutions on science and technology. I should like to thank Mrs Locatelli and express my admiration for the effort she has put into preparing this report.
It is clear that, on its own, the announcement that a European Research Area is to be established will change little. The announcement will need to be backed up by appropriate funding for science and research, which means that no cuts should be made to the EU budget. The funds will also need to be used in a rational manner, and this is a point I should particularly like to stress. There are a number of issues I would like to touch upon very briefly. Firstly, effective methods must be developed to identify talented young people and appropriate systems put in place to provide scholarships. Secondly, accreditation standards for Higher Education institutions ought to be implemented according to the guidelines adopted in Berlin in 2003. Thirdly, a simpler system should be introduced for awarding academic promotion, whilst ensuring that the criteria for granting grades and qualifications continue to be transparent. Fourthly, more extensive use should be made of private sector funding, both for applied and basic scientific research and for research in the humanities, as mentioned by the Commissioner.
Mrs Locatelli said that life would be made easier for small and medium-sized enterprises. That may well be the case, but how can measures aimed at introducing software patents be reconciled with such a statement? Someone once said that knowledge is power, yet given the state of the world today, it must unfortunately be added that ignorance does not mean a lack of power. I thank you."@en1
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