WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4205/97 by Gerardo FERNÁNDEZ-ALBOR to the Commission. Courses on the European Union on school syllabuses
22. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 196/101 In 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997, how much was invested in the following regions under ERDF Objective 1: › Anatolia, Macedonia, Thessaly, Crete, Pelopennese, Central Greece, Ipiros, Attica, Ionian Islands, Aegean, Sterea (Greece) › Hainaut (Belgium) › Thuringia, Brandenburg, East Berlin, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Munster (Germany) › Galicia, Extremadura, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Ceuta and Melilla, Valencia Autonomous Community, Asturias, Andalusia, Canary Islands, Murcia (Spain) › Valenciennes, Avesnes, Douai, Overseas Departments (France) › Ulster, Connaught, Leinster (Ireland) › Molise, Apulia, Sicily, Basilicata, Sardinia, Calabria, Campania (Italy) › Flevoland (Netherlands) › Burgerland (Austria) › Northern Region, Alentejo, Algarve, Lisbon, Tagus Valley, Central Region (Portugal) › Western Isles, Highlands, Merseyside, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)? Joint answer to Written Questions E-4202/97 and E-4203/97 given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (26 February 1998) Because of the length of the answer, which includes a number of tables, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliamentís Secretariat. (98/C 196/141) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4205/97 by Gerardo Ferna·ndez-Albor (PPE) to the Commission (21 January 1998) Subject: Courses on the European Union on school syllabuses The European Union is a reality encompassing all facets of the lives of Community citizens, since they live in a de facto and de jure community with all the other citizens of the Member States. For this reason it is essential that Community citizens should be able to identify, from their schooldays onwards, with all that the European Union represents in their personal, professional and political lives. Can the Commission therefore say what it knows about the school syllabus in the Member States in which European Union studies are compulsory and what steps it is taking to ensure that ultimately all the fifteen Member States agree to include it as a compulsory subject on the school syllabus? Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (24 February 1998) While recognising the importance of Community-oriented education for the development of European citizenship, the Commission wishes to draw the attention of the Honourable Member to Article 126 of the EC Treaty, under which the Community is required to ácontribute to the development of quality education by encouraging cooperation between Member States and, if necessary, by supporting and supplementing their action, while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems and their cultural and linguistic diversityí