WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3677/98 by Gerhard HAGER Budgetary measures concerning asylum and immigration
C 289/70 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 11. 10. 1999 Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (24 February 1999) The Commission is aware of the problem of harassment at the workplace in Europe. Such acts or conduct may violate the employee’s integrity and can seriously interfere with the working environment. At the moment European figures on mobbing at the workplace are not available. The European survey on working conditions, conducted by the European foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions, does give some data for related issues. For instance, it states that 2 % of workers in the Community answer that over the past 12 months they have been subjected to unwanted sexual attention at work. The Commission is examining the issue of harassment in the context of its preparatory work for the implementation of the new Article 13, when the Amsterdam Treaty will come into force. (1999/C 289/092) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3674/98 by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Council (4 December 1998) Subject: The 1999 budget The draft budget, entitled ‘Budget for the taxpayer’, was adopted by the European Parliament at first reading. Efforts were made to cut back, particularly on the expenditure side. However, the budget for Parliament was increased by 1,7 % over the previous year. One of the reasons given was increased costs for the forthcoming elections. 1. What specific measures are involved, and what exactly are these increases? 2. Who will have access to these funds? Reply (29 March 1999) The Honourable Member is asking the Council about the increase in the European Parliament’s budget between 1998 and 1999. In its Resolution relating to the section of the budget concerning the European Parliament, which was recorded in the minutes of its meeting on 22 April 1970, the Council undertook to make no amendments to the estimate of expenditure of the European Parliament insofar as the estimate of expenditure did not conflict with Community provisions. Consequently, the European Parliament’s budget is the exclusive responsibility of the Parliament itself. (1999/C 289/093) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3677/98 by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Council (4 December 1998) Subject: Budgetary measures concerning asylum and immigration According to the press (Bulletin quotidien Europe, No 7307, p. 8), following the Council of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs in September at the meeting with the applicant countries the latter were given information on the budgetary measures taken by the EU in the fields of asylum and immigration