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"Madam President, is there still a genuine ambition in the face of the deindustrialisation of the European Union? We know that economies cannot prosper without heavy industry and that industry cannot exist without factories.
We are all gathered together in this House to stand up for Europe’s industrial jobs. There is no conceivable future for industry without confidence in scientific and technical progress. Therefore, at a time when Europe should be beginning extensive work to identify the Arianes and the Airbuses of 2050, the Commission has to realise that, with the crisis, the rules put in place are no longer suited to today’s economy.
The issues of free trade and free and undistorted competition have become dogmas. We cannot be the only economic area in the world to unilaterally apply free trade principles while having no idea of what our main competitors are doing.
I therefore regret the fact, Commissioner, that there is a certain amount of nervousness when it comes to issues associated with strengthening the European Union’s anti-dumping arsenal and to applying the general principle of reciprocity in trade with third countries. The worst situation is one where the European market is too open in the face of competing markets which are too closed.
Furthermore, in the context of the fight against climate change, I would like it, Commissioner, if we could implement tools in addition to greenhouse gas emission allowance trading, such as the carbon inclusion mechanism at our borders. In this way, we could re-establish a balance so as to make relocations to third countries less attractive for our companies.
We should improve the help available to our SMEs and reduce their costs; we should strengthen European patents and the fight against counterfeiting with ‘made in’ origin marking. Likewise, if Europe cannot access raw materials, we will no longer be able to talk about an innovative industrial policy.
Our concern relates to education, training and research, as well as a culture of innovation and science, which must hold pride of place once more within the European Union."@en1
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