WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1737/98 by Luciano SCHIFONE to the Commission. Commission response to the natural disaster in Campania
C 354/120 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 11. 98 Answer (20 July 1998) Article 126(1) of the Treaty states that áthe Community shall contribute to the development of quality 1. education by encouraging cooperation between Member States and, if necessary, by supporting and supplementing their action, while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems and their cultural and linguistic diversityí. The introduction or reintroduction of the teaching of Latin in compulsory education curricula in the 2. Member States is a matter where the Member States are responsible for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems. The Council has not received any proposals from the Commission to encourage cooperation between Member States on this subject. (98/C 354/194) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1737/98 by Luciano Schifone (NI) to the Commission (20 May 1998) Subject: Commission response to the natural disaster in Campania Campania has recently been struck by a serious natural disaster which destroyed whole villages and led to hundreds of dead and thousands of homeless. At the sitting of 11 May the President of Parliament, Mr Gil-Robles, expressed Europeís solidarity with those who had suffered. Commissioner Monti mentioned the possibility of some form of concrete action by the Commission. What appropriations does the Commission intend to earmark, when and on what terms, for the devastated communes in Campania? Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (15 June 1998) The Commission would point out that it gave its views to Parliament during the emergency debate on 14 May 1998 on the disastrous floods in Campania. On that occasion it confirmed its intentions as originally expressed and gave details. The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the Commission statement and to its reply to written question No P-1618/98 from Mr Caccavale. (98/C 354/195) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1747/98 by Freddy Blak (PSE) to the Commission (27 May 1998) Subject: Danish pensions legislation still discriminating against women Although a ban on differential treatment of men and women in respect of pensions will take effect in Denmark from 1 July 1999, at least 450,000 Danish women will still receive lower pensions than their male colleagues. Almost half a million women are already paying into pension funds automatically treating women less favourably than men. These women will not be covered by the change in the law which comes into force on 1 July 1999