Our university clinics need research - So does our specialty!

University research has to serve as a substrate for science and technology and should raise a qualified, critical but motivated younger generation of scientists. These need a basic research which is independent and not orient ed towards any short-term goals. An open and easy collaboration without any interdependence is necessary between the university and industry. All this requires greater autonomy for the universities. In German-speaking countri es, many people distrust progress. However, it is not a matter of 'progress at any price' but of a careful, pertinent analysis of the benefits and ris ks. Parsimony in science and research is dangerous and shortsighted. To inv est in research means to invest in the future.