WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1669/98 by Monica BALDI to the Council. Reintroduction of Latin into the school curriculum
19. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 354/119 Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (19 June 1998) It is the obligation of the Member States to ensure that their legislation is in conformity with the provisions of Community law in general. Provided that Council Directive 93/104/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning certain aspects of the organization of working time, the so-called working time directive (1) is correctly implemented, it is for the national authorities to monitor and enforce the national measures implementing the Directive. The Commission is currently undertaking a thorough examination of the national measures with a view to presenting a report on the implementation of this directive. (1) OJ L 307, 13. 12. 1993. (98/C 354/192) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1661/98 by Rainer Wieland (PPE) to the Commission (29 May 1998) Subject: Subsidies for the Stuttgart region and for Germany What subsidies and amounts from all programmes and funding from the European Union, with a break-down by year, type and district, have been allocated since 1990 to the districts of Rems-Murr, Go¤ppingen, Ludwigsburg, Bo¤blingen, Esslingen and the urban district of Stuttgart? What subsidies and amounts from all programmes and funding from the European Union, with a break-down by year, type and Land, have been allocated since 1990 to the Federal Republic of Germany and the Land of Baden-Wu¤rttemberg? Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (5 June 1998) The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible. (98/C 354/193) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1669/98 by Monica Baldi (PPE) to the Council (2 June 1998) Subject: Reintroduction of Latin into the school curriculum After a long period in which it was no longer taught in many schools, Latin is coming back into vogue, particularly in a number of European countries › such as Germany, Belgium, Finland and Norway- now experiencing a revival of interest in the language that, for centuries, was the vehicle of European culture. In Italy the Minister of Education, seeking to redefine the curriculum taught to children up to the end of compulsory education, has spoken of a Europe that includes the aspect of Latin culture. What could the Council do to ensure that, in all the countries of the European Union, Latin is included on the curriculum taught to children up to the end of compulsory schooling, as many European intellectuals have been demanding for so long?