Some scientists do not know of the rules themselves, but follow them through research policies.

Nevertheless, there are areas where France's research policy has made little progress.

Keywords in research policy are flexibility, global thinking, and the more effective use of resources than at present.

But at the moment, ladies and gentlemen, there is absolutely no question of having one European research policy.

I simply wish to stress that research policy was given far too little attention during the debates on sustainable development.

I would also like to thank everyone present at this late hour for their real interest in and commitment to future European research policy.

A coherent research policy should be formulated to provide support for the latter.

However, in recent years we have had heard strong criticism regarding a number of points connected with the research policy.

This year in particular the Commission has talked a great deal about coordinating the various research policies.

Renationalization is the wrong response to the global challenges in research policy too.