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Why should Europe lag behind in terms of technology transfer?

If Tunisians lead this fight, then the European Union should not and cannot trail behind.

Europe should not lag behind in this respect.

Let us not fall behind this compromise in Europe.

Europe cannot be left behind.

They should not lag behind.

The debate on the Google Books settlement has shown that Europe cannot afford to be left behind on the digital frontier.

Not to be outdone, their donor, Stuart Wheeler, has said it costs GBP 120 billion per year, some 36 times the real figure.

The applicant States ought not merely to tag along behind but, instead, share the EU's ambition of becoming a world leader in the communications field.

The applicant States ought not merely to tag along behind but, instead, share the EU' s ambition of becoming a world leader in the communications field.

And if Europe wants to be left behind, left behind to stagnation and to unemployment and to statism and to corporatism, than yes, vote against this report tomorrow.

If Europe does not want to miss the boat and if we really want to take the lead in the information society, then we must have all hands on deck in this sector.

The only formula which leads to success is to never stand still, and we heard in the debate this morning on the Austrian presidency how this formula is used again and again.

I will conclude by saying that I was in the Balkans at the beginning of this week, where I saw how enlargement evokes in people a degree of fear - fear of being left out, fear of being left behind.