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dcterms:Date	"2011-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe (continuation of debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110608.5.3-084-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-06-08-Speech-3-085-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Gunnar Hökmark2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, first of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for highlighting the number of challenges in front of us. I also welcome the very clear message in the report calling for a significant increase in research and science because that is one of the priorities we need to have. I would like to say – and I say this to the Commission – that politics and leadership are about priorities. Without priorities, there is no leadership. There are always those tasks and challenges that are more important than others. That is the case with the budget of the European Union as well as in Member States. We need to further increase research and science, but we also need to increase the amount of science and research in regional funding. We need to take into consideration the development of the agricultural markets and decrease the spending there. But let us remember that we need to set priorities at all levels, at the European level as well as in Member States. I must say that I dislike EU-bashing or Brussels-bashing, but I also dislike Member States-bashing, because it diminishes the importance of the spending we have in the Member States: health care, social security, pensions, education. This is not a conflict between the EU and the Member States. This is an ongoing struggle for leadership and priorities. If we do not dare to set those priorities, we do not show leadership. I must say that if we cannot understand the tough situation Member States are in today, we do not understand the reality for citizens. We need to set priorities and not solve problems just by increasing budgets. So I would ask the Commissioner to show leadership, to be courageous, and to remember that research and science, infrastructure ..."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-17--2013-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2011-05-09--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-17--2013-06-30)3 vice-chair; EPP (2009-11-25--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1 "Gunnar Hökmark (PPE )."1
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