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"Madam President, six years after the start of the ten-year Lisbon Strategy, it is still difficult to call the European Union the most dynamic economy in the world. Catching up with the United States or Japan still remains an ambition, a dream. It is hardly surprising that actions do not follow words. The European Union has earmarked only 1.93% of its GDP for scientific research and development, whereas the USA has allotted 2.59% and Japan 3.15% of GDP to this field. Low investment in research and development, as well as a lack of sufficient support for innovation, will not increase the potential for growth and employment in the European Union. That is why it is extremely important to guarantee the appropriate budgetary resources for aid instruments to small and medium-sized enterprises, such as the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme or the JEREMIE initiative. As well as fostering entrepreneurship and stimulating innovation, we must also continually invest in scientific development. Scientists should be given appropriate career opportunities and financial conditions to conduct their research. Otherwise, institutions in the United States or Japan will continue to succeed in tempting away brilliantly qualified European experts with better offers, and it will be these countries for which they win future Nobel prizes."@en1

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