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"Mr President, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, I should like to start by congratulating the rapporteur and to thank her for including the position of our committee in her report almost as it stood.
The promotion of technological research and the acquisition of scientific knowledge are the major challenge facing Europe in the 21st century. Nonetheless, research, development and innovation are defined as complicated, demanding and costly procedures which require special political, economic and social management. Thus, in order to achieve this specific objective, we need, among other things, to implement pioneering decisions and design high-risk investment programmes.
However, what is mainly needed is the creative mobilisation of communities and the dynamic participation of the workers, both in the production and reproduction of scientific knowledge and in the new potential that it offers.
This finding could very soon be proven in the following four lines of action:
by constantly upgrading the infrastructure of and action by educational institutes and research centres, given that the driving force behind development is the acquisition of knowledge by man;
by disseminating scientific knowledge in the field of production, by redefining both the infrastructure and workers' skills and qualifications;
by applying a policy to increase jobs and to redistribute income fairly, given that high productivity and poverty result in recession and unemployment;
by fundamentally reducing working times, so that workers can regain their creative spirit and redress the balance lost between work and family life.
The technological revolution presents two diametrically opposed economic and social prospects: on the one hand, the creative challenge and, on the other hand, the threat of extended inequalities. Whether we will produce and use scientific knowledge in a way that highlights once again the Europe of development, knowledge, solidarity and equality will depend on our political choice."@en1
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