WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3821/97 by Roberto MEZZAROMA to the Commission. Sweden
C 134/180 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 4. 98 (98/C 134/246) WRITTEN QUESTION P-3809/97 by Raymonde Dury (PSE) to the Commission (19 November 1997) Subject: Presence of MEPs at public events subsidised by the Commission Can the Commission state, for each DG and for its Belgium office in Brussels, how many colloquies, seminars, study days or public conferences it subsidised in 1997? Can it say at how many of these events one or more Belgian members were invited to put the European Parliamentís point of view? Does it not think it would be useful to use this funding to stimulate more widespread information, a wider debate and a greater presence by Members of the European Parliament? Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (12 December 1997) A detailed reply to the Honourable Memberís questions would require lengthy and difficult research which the Commission is not in a position to undertake at the present time. (98/C 134/247) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3821/97 by Roberto Mezzaroma (UPE) to the Commission (28 November 1997) Subject: Sweden Is it true that, throughout the middle years of this century, many thousands of women of áinferior raceí were forcibly sterilized in Sweden, as reported in various European newspapers including the Messagero of 26 August 1997 and the Dagens Nyheter? Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (17 December 1997) It is Commission policy not to comment on articles appearing in the press