WRITTEN QUESTION No. 491/98 by Anna KARAMANOU to the Commission. Floods in northern Greece
C 304/118 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 10. 98 What is the Councilís present assessment of the decisionís impact on employment? How can the Council justify the destruction of thousands of jobs on purely ideological grounds? Will the Council create replacement jobs for the people who have been deprived of them by this ideologically motivated decision? If so, when and where will these jobs be created? How will the creation of these jobs be funded? If not, how can such decisions be reconciled with the numerous statements by all manner of Councils that they will do everything in their power to create jobs? (1) OJ C 102, 3. 4. 1998, p. 85. Answer (18 May 1998) The Council has nothing to add to the reply given to Written Question No E-2666/97 by the Honourable Member. (98/C 304/177) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0491/98 by Anna Karamanou (PSE) to the Commission (2 March 1998) Subject: Floods in northern Greece The bad weather of 5 February 1998 was especially harsh in the islands of the northern Aegean, eastern Macedonia and Thrace, drowning one person on Thasos and causing widespread damage to the road and rail network, farms, and hundreds of homes, shops and offices which were flooded by the torrential and unprecedented rainfall This devastation comes on top of the events of 2 February 1998 when three people lost their lives on Lesbos. Will the Commission examine the possibility of providing Community resources to make good the damage caused by this natural disaster?. (98/C 304/178) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0740/98 by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (18 March 1998) Subject: Flooding on the island of Lesbos In view of the widespread destruction caused by the recent heavy rainfall on Lesbos (January 1998), will the Commission say how many › and which › drainage and flood prevention schemes it has funded on the island since Greeceís accession to the European Union, how much funding has been provided, how many of these schemes have been completed so far and how much work remains to be done on those that are still uncompleted? Will the Commission also say whether it intends to provide financial assistance if the relevant Greek authorities submit applications for structural aid so as to meet the cost of urgently-needed infrastructure investments, principally flood prevention schemes, but also sewage networks in various villages on Lesbos?