WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3718/98 by Angela SIERRA GONZÁLEZ to the Commission. Sub-standard housing in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
21. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 142/147 1. What specific measures are involved, and what exactly are these increases? 2. Who will have access to these funds? Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission (5 January 1999) The Commission takes the view that it has no jurisdiction in this matter. (1999/C 142/195) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3718/98 by Angela Sierra González (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (11 December 1998) Subject: Sub-standard housing in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) Urban redevelopment work is currently under way in the town of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) to make way for the Las Canteras − El Confital Maritime Park, financed from Community funds through the Operative Local Environment Programme (Programa Operativo de Medio Ambiente Local − POMAL). To enable this work to go ahead, the sites on which many of those living on the margins of society have made their homes are being expropriated. However, no provision has been made for rehousing this group of people, whilst the financial compensation they receive as a result of the expropriation is scarcely adequate to make up for the loss of their current homes. Is the Commission aware of this situation? Does it believe that urban development programmes affecting groups like this with serious social difficulties should make the latter’s needs a priority, so as to avoid generating further social exclusion of the kind created by sub-standard housing? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (18 January 1999) The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible. (1999/C 142/196) WRITTEN QUESTION P-3722/98 by Antonios Trakatellis (PPE) to the Commission (25 November 1998) Subject: Nuclear safety and pre-accession strategy adopted by Bulgaria The Commission report concerning progress towards the accession of Bulgaria indicates that short term priorities in the energy sector are inadequate and that the strategic development of the energy sector is failing to target actual needs. Despite undertakings by Bulgaria as part of the European agreement with the EU and the agreement on the Nuclear Safety Account to which the Community is a contributor, the Bulgarian Government appears reluctant to decommission the four nuclear reactors in Kozloduy (Units 1-4) which not only are the most dangerous but also cannot be made safer for reasons of cost