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Mr President, there are four major areas to be addressed. Cooperation is the principal one: continuity in this area, a thematic approach but one that is based much more on industrial needs than in the past. The second is ideas: we want to create champions of thoughts and new-frontier ideas in the European Union, because we really need them. The third is people: there is no research without people and how good we will be in delivering and really creating depends a lot on how well we do in research. The fourth is capacities. All these areas need to be addressed in a proper way so that we will get the best for the European Union.
Everything must be done with more flexible instruments than we have had until now. They must be transparent, understandable, simple and, I hope, efficient and based on a kind of upgraded continuity leading on from the Sixth Framework Programme.
Some of you mentioned ethical questions. It is true that they are not easy. They are important in science because people’s perception of science is certainly crucial to the success of the issue we are discussing. These are definitely not easy questions that can be addressed in a limited amount of time, but I agree that we need to address them in an open and tolerant way. I also think that a special role should be given to the existing ethics committee, which discusses and considers all sides of these important and sometimes difficult questions.
Small and medium-sized enterprises have been mentioned. They are extremely important because the European Union has a different structure to some of our competitors. As a proportion we have more of them, and they should and could participate more in research than they do today.
Regarding enlargement and capacities, I would make two comments. One is that enlargement happened first in the areas of science and research, as scientists from the new Member States were able to participate earlier in these areas than in any others. On the other hand, it is more difficult to have full integration in these areas than, for example, in the political field, where people can sit at a table and discuss vexing questions. So we need to do all we can to address that matter, but we also have to be clear that proper funds are required if it is to be addressed properly. I believe that science and research funds should primarily address the question of excellence. We need to have a highly competitive European Union. Only if the Union as a whole is competitive can we rely on all the issues connected with questions of solidarity being properly addressed.
I have listened carefully to all your comments. You have my promise that I will do my best. Your support is good for me, although it does not make my task easier. We all have high expectations, and rightly so, because the future of the European Union also depends greatly on the future development of the scientific and research field."@en1
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