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dcterms:Date	"2005-11-16"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20051116.21.3-303"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-16-Speech-3-3042
lpv:speaker	lp:Gunnar Hökmark2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I am to talk about defence procurement and should like to say thank you to Mr Wuermeling for his report on this issue. I think it important to state that defence procurement will play a decisive role in enabling Europe to be a leader in military terms and in terms of technology. However, defence procurement is also crucial if we are to play a role in terms of research and development in this area. This means that we need to have large companies that can operate on an international basis and come up with the best products. What we are concerned with here is obtaining better value for money, but we are also concerned with playing a part in developing military technology enabling Europe to hold its own in terms both of security policy and of cooperation with other parts of the world. One basic issue is that of how we are to obtain the industrial capacity to be at the leading edge in terms of developing modern technology. Europe’s problem is that we have a fragmented market because of historically differing security interests. With a declining number of purchases and lower defence appropriations, together with – and this is something important to remember – a significant increase in the need for research and development, Europe is not well placed if developments on our continent are to be more or less in balance with, for example, those in the United States. One of the more crucial tasks is therefore to ensure that, when it comes to the type of defence procurement falling within the framework of Article 296 of the Treaty, we can obtain increased cooperation in terms both of procurement and of open competition among producers. If we do not succeed in obtaining all this, we shall not be able to compete or play our part in developing the most advanced defence equipment, for such equipment is covered by Article 296, which permits derogations for the Member States. If we are to be able to alter this situation, the very first step is to obtain a common code of conduct and, in the longer term, a directive. It is, however, important for a start to be made on this work. Otherwise, the foundations of the European defence industry will be undermined."@en1

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