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"Mr President, Mr Lewandowski, ladies and gentlemen, ITER is a long-term research project. This means that we cannot simply shelve the treaties that we have entered into and the future plans that we have made in the important area of energy research every time we encounter a crisis or financial difficulties. We cannot decide not to comply with these treaties any longer and to turn a technology of the future into a technology of the past.
I was somewhat suspicious about the claim that this technology should be a thing of the past. I was suspicious because we did not make smooth progress during the 30 years of research simply as a result of the fact that 30 years ago we did not have the computer capacity that we have today, which we needed both for materials research and for managing the high temperatures. This is why we have only been able to forge ahead rapidly with the ITER research in recent years.
When we launch large projects, we must ensure that they are on a sound financial footing right from the start. This is a lesson which we need to learn within the European Union with regard to a variety of projects. When we start projects, they must have a professional project management team from the very beginning, an accurate and realistic estimate of costs, not simply one which sounds good in political terms, detailed financial controlling, a professional tendering process and a project support and monitoring function which can guarantee us an overview of the actual costs in the short and medium term. This is a long-term research project. It will not be completed in a short period and this is why I believe it is necessary for us not only to continue with this project, but also to acknowledge its future prospects. I have been to Cadarache myself and I have a different impression from yours, Ms Durant."@en1
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