WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3768/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI , Amedeo AMADEO , Marco CELLAI to the Commission. Paedophilia incidents in Brussels
C 158/188 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 5. 98 of unemployment, and specifically of how the long-term unemployed can be helped to cope with the transition back into the workplace. As the long-term unemployed make up a disproportionately high number of those out of work across the EU, it seems that this is one area in which research could usefully be conducted with EU funding. What are the guidelines for determining eligibility for European funding of employment initiatives, how are these arrived at, and will the Commission undertake to review them in the light of this clear omission? Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (19 December 1997) It is true that in the past, it has been difficult to fund research on this area from the budget line dealing with labour market analysis and policy (B3-4010). However, the heads of state and government agreed in Luxembourg in November 1997 that Member States should adopt preventive and employability-oriented strategies built on early identification and early action. This has been strongly supported by the Parliament in its report on the employment guidelines and the Commission expects that employment guidelines will now be adopted before the end of the year. To the extent that it reflects this policy strategy, it could be expected that the commentary on this budget line would be suffiently flexible to allow for the funding of research into the psychological aspects of unemployment, which clearly come under the heading of employability. (98/C 158/254) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3763/97 by Edward Kellett-Bowman (PPE) to the Commission (21 November 1997) Subject: PHARE fund payments to Romania Will the Commission please indicate: 1. what sums under PHARE have been committed to Romania, and 2. of those commitments, how much has actually been paid? Answer given by Mr Van den Broek on behalf of the Commission (16 December 1997) Under the Phare programme, to date 741 MECU have been committed to Romania. Out of these, 434 MECU have been paid. (98/C 158/255) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3768/97 by Cristiana Muscardini (NI), Amedeo Amadeo (NI) and Marco Cellai (NI) to the Commission (21 November 1997) Subject: Paedophilia incidents in Brussels In view of the allegations of serious paedophilia incidents arising from the investigations being conducted at Clovis Nursery School, which is run by an Italian company and attended by children of EU officials, will the Commission seek to uncover the whole truth, bearing in mind that the grave offences in question, if they were proven to have occurred, would discredit the image and good name of all the Community institutions? › Will it call upon the company running (or mismanaging) the Clovis school immediately to suspend the persons implicated?