WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2924/98 by Daniela RASCHHOFER Support for the press
C 289/14 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 11. 10. 1999 (1999/C 289/018) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2920/98 by Alan Gillis (PPE) to the Commission (25 September 1998) Subject: Conversion aid for regeneration Given that assistance is available in some areas for reconversion, e. g. schemes which are assisting redevelopment in mining areas in North Wales, what are the possibilities for areas of North Offaly, Ireland, affected by heavy job losses resulting from cuts in operations by Bord na Mona (national peat production) and by ESB (Electricity Supply Board), the major employers in the region, to be included in such schemes? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (16 October 1998) Areas in North Wales traditionally dependent on coal-mining have benefited from redevelopment schemes under initiatives such as Rechar. The areas of North Offaly mentioned by the Honourable Member do not qualify for such aid because they are not coal-mining areas. However, Ireland is a single objective 1 region with a Community support framework covering the whole country. It is therefore always open to the Irish authorities to adjust priorities, within their overall structural funds budget, so as to target a specific area in need of reconversion. (1999/C 289/019) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2924/98 by Daniela Raschhofer (NI) to the Commission (2 October 1998) Subject: Support for the press The Commission is known to attach great importance to the impact of its policies and it therefore puts a considerable effort into media work. A series of articles on the enlargement of the Community, ten pages in total, has appeared in the Austrian daily ‘Der Standard’, with the Commission’s financial support. 1. What are the general principles governing financial support for media reports concerning the European Union? Is (and was) such financial support granted only in Austria and the new Member States or is it given in all 2. 15 Member States? 3. Which newspapers throughout Europe have received financial support? 4. What are the principal topics on which European support for media reporting has been given? In which Austrian newspapers have series of articles on the European Union received financial support 5. since Austrian accession? 6. On what criteria were the newspapers selected? 7. Which subjects have been covered in the articles since Austrian accession? 8. Under which item in the budget does financial support for media reports appear? 9. What amounts of financial support were given in Europe as a whole and in Austria in 1997 and 1998?