European Parliament
Robert Goebbels (PSE ),
in writing
(FR)
I voted in favour of the Ransdorf report because it highlights the importance of nanosciences and nanotechnologies in fields as diverse as medicine, surgery, energy, electronics, metallurgy, and so on. However, I voted against the amendments tabled by the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance and against certain paragraphs that, using the precautionary principle as a pretext, are aimed at making people think that nanotechnologies are dangerous, because they manipulate the smallest particles - atoms and molecules. That is ridiculous. Where the Americans see opportunities, Europeans want first to protect themselves against any risk imaginable!

