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"Thank you, Mr President. I should like to congratulate Mrs Locatelli on having drafted an excellent report, and to thank Commissioner Potočnik for joining us. In my opinion, the majority of those present in the Chamber are former researchers, and that this is why we share the same views. It is my belief that Commissioner Potočnik has never worked in the field of research, however, and can therefore adopt a more distanced and somewhat less passionate approach to our proposals. I hope that this will provide a good outcome.
I should like to point out that the current Sixth Framework Programme is the first in the European Union’s history to have been drafted and implemented within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy. There is another new feature to the Seventh Framework Programme, however, as it has been drafted and will be implemented after enlargement, with the involvement of the ten new Member States. How can we use this enlargement to ensure that our science policy is effective and to implement the Lisbon Strategy, and what can the ten new Member States offer the EU as a whole? They can offer it three things, namely a highly-educated population whose knowledge is often wasted, lower research costs and a thirst for success after half a century of isolation from Western civilisation and development opportunities.
How can we make the most of these opportunities, and how can we improve the way we exploit the research potential of the new Member States? I have five proposals. Excellence should not be the only criterion used when determining funding priorities, and additional criteria should be considered in order to make it possible for research centres in the new Member States to be integrated. These centres have had limited opportunities to implement European research programmes in the past. Secondly, we are counting on smaller projects being approved, as our research centres are also smaller. Thirdly, procedures need to be made simpler. The new Member States are inexperienced in dealing with complicated procedures, and they find them a major burden. We are hoping that clear and transparent rules will be put in place to govern investment in research infrastructures in the new Member States. Fifthly and finally, integration also means a common market and full freedom of movement for persons and services. Until this is achieved, we will not be able to boost research or succeed with the Lisbon Strategy. I thank you."@en1
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