Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-26-Speech-3-226"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State aid for innovation (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060426.17.3-226"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-26-Speech-3-2272
lpv:speaker	lp:Gunnar Hökmark2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, after listening to the rapporteur, the Commissioner and our shadow rapporteur, I must admit that tonight I feel a little bit ‘Netherlandish’. It might be the late hour, but I very much support what they have said here tonight. I would like to underline one thing that I think is important when we are discussing the policy for supporting innovation: there is no better precondition and no better basis for innovation than competition. It is the broad and strong policy of competition that is the best precondition for innovation. It is better to provide opportunities for thousands of entrepreneurs and innovators to work on an equal basis with each other than to support one at the cost of the other. It is very important to remember that, and everyone has pointed that out. The most important thing for the Commission to do is to uphold competition and to be strong in defending small companies and small entrepreneurs. By doing so, we will achieve a climate of an innovative society in our part of the world. I would like to underline that the policy of state aid must aim for less, but better, targeted aid. Support for innovations must not be an alibi or an excuse for increased state aid, because we must appreciate that innovations are a normal process of entrepreneurship, and we cannot have state aid designed to support normal entrepreneurship. State aid for innovations should be provided for those innovations and processes that otherwise would not take place in normal marketing or in normal business. It must be temporary, and it must be aimed at the clusters that are open to everyone, not excluding anyone: then we can have a good policy for innovations."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Gunnar Hökmark (PPE-DE ). –"1

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