Welcome to the ITRE Committee website!
The world in which we live is marked by an ever faster pace of change. The role of Europe in the world economic order is being redefined, new competitors are emerging that pose a challenge to which Europe must respond. The key issue for the future will therefore be whether and how Europe can succeed in maintaining and expanding its economic base and in ensuring that the European social model of a social market economy remains viable in future. To do this, we need a competitive economy with an innovative industrial base capable of developing, and itself applying, new technologies.
Which sectors of the economy will provide a secure revenue basis well into the future, allowing us Europeans to maintain our social standards and preserve our environment?
The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) plays a key part in the discussion of these issues, since the European Parliament has law-making powers in the areas of energy and research policy, space policy and the further development of ICT infrastructure.
It is our task to define policies in all these areas that are not geared to achieving short-term and simplistic solutions, but create a sustainable and long-term legislative framework. In order to achieve this, we Parliamentarians need to exchange information with civil society actors, and that is the purpose of this website.
