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"I would firstly like to thank the rapporteur for her excellent work on this well-balanced report. The Lisbon Strategy clearly identifies the need to improve the competitiveness of European industry as a priority for the European Union. I should like to remind the Commissioner, however, that we must also consider the following aspects in order to meet these objectives.
Firstly, unnecessary administration and red tape within the European Union must be eliminated. European institutions must reduce and simplify legislation governing businesses operating in the industrial sector, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. National legislation should play the key role, while the European Union’s industrial policy should be limited only to necessary coordination and harmonisation.
Secondly, emphasis must be given to supporting and encouraging small and medium-sized businesses in the industrial sector. The SME sector has provided clear evidence of its flexibility, and the latter is the key prerequisite for attaining a necessary and sustainable degree of competitiveness, both in Europe and on the global market. This is why I cannot entirely agree with the policy of supporting ‘national champions’. This approach of supporting the creation of a small number of large dominant companies would obviously tie up significant funding from the EU budget, and would probably violate the principles of healthy competition, without there being any guarantee of it having a positive impact on the competitiveness of such companies.
Thirdly, small and medium-sized companies in the industrial sector need new incentives for further technological development, research and innovation. The planned programmes, such as the Seventh Framework Programme, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme and others, must, however, be much more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises than has been the case to date. More structural funds must also be allocated to less-developed regions and the new Member States, in order to enable them to build adequate technical infrastructures with a view to improving the industrial base in these regions."@en1
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