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"I would like to begin by welcoming Commissioner Potočnik and thanking rapporteur Buzek for his tireless cooperation and the information that he has given us. I would also like to congratulate the rapporteur for the work that he has done.
The Seventh Research and Development Framework Programme is closely linked with the debate on the future of the European Union. This fact is set to become increasingly significant in the light of current global influences. In the coming decades the areas of demography and energy will be of exceptional importance for Europe, yet will also become the areas most ridden with problems. We have to define our objectives clearly, so that we can secure economic and social stability and preserve public welfare. However, we will only be able to do so if we can achieve a higher degree of interdependence between knowledge and development on the one hand and innovation on the other, and if we can make successful use of this correlation in the economy. Demography and energy must constitute the core of our future research in the European Union.
Let me now return to the issue of energy, an area in which we face ever greater challenges in terms of secure supplies, energy dependency and the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. All these areas call upon us to lay down a clear set of objectives, particularly medium and long–term, as it is here that Europe increasingly finds itself faced with a growing number of difficulties.
With long–term planning in mind, fusion research and the construction of the ITER nuclear reactor project must take precedence, as this will open up new dimensions in the research of nuclear energy on a global scale. However, research into renewable energy sources and nuclear fission can offer an adequate response to our medium–term demands for secure, clean and competitive energy. Europe is currently a frontrunner in the energy sector, but we must bear one thing in mind nonetheless: if we wish to remain at the cutting edge of this sector in global terms, we have to view energy as a single, unified area, despite the fact that energy supplies have already been regulated in a number of European treaties.
Of course, unified and clear objectives are not enough. They have to be followed up with adequate measures and it is here that I wish to stress the importance of staying ahead of the game. Our programme has to be ready in time so that we can establish a link in the crossover from the sixth to the seventh framework programme."@en1
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