There is already within the European philosophy the mechanism for encouraging this kind of development and growth. There are areas like Northern Portugal, for example, which have benefited greatly in the last three years from infrastructure projects. I happened to be on business in Portugal a little while ago. When got out of my motor car and switched on my mobile the networks were fighting for my business because the funds had been available to promote telecommunications and roads and associated facilities. It does not mean to say that these projects are going to be serving the local community, they will be the source of hosting of technology for the rest of Europe.
Communications are borderless.
When I log on to a web site, I do not know whether that site is being hosted in London, Lisbon or New York, all I know is that I see it. So what a wonderful idea, you might say, to have secure commerce hosts in a country like Portugal where Europe has given a great deal of money for that type of project. Instead of my buying software to run in my PC at my office I can rent it from somebody who is putting it on to the server in Portugal. They call this Application Service Provision. I have referred to it in my briefing note.