WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4205/97 by Gerardo FERNÁNDEZ-ALBOR to the Commission. Courses on the European Union on school syllabuses
Date: 1998-01-21
Institutions: European Parliament, FERNANDEZ ALBOR
Subjects: EU programme, European cooperation, adjustment to school, educational planning, educational system, multidisciplinary education, organisation of teaching, right to education, teaching curriculum

22. 6. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 196/101

In 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997, how much was invested in the following regions under ERDF Objective 1:

›  Anatolia, Macedonia, Thessaly, Crete, Pelopennese, Central Greece, Ipiros, Attica, Ionian Islands, Aegean,

Sterea (Greece)

›  Hainaut (Belgium)

›  Thuringia, Brandenburg, East Berlin, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Munster (Germany)

›  Galicia,  Extremadura,  Castilla  la  Mancha,  Castilla  y  Leon,  Ceuta  and  Melilla,  Valencia  Autonomous

Community, Asturias, Andalusia, Canary Islands, Murcia (Spain)

›  Valenciennes, Avesnes, Douai, Overseas Departments (France)

›  Ulster, Connaught, Leinster (Ireland)

›  Molise, Apulia, Sicily, Basilicata, Sardinia, Calabria, Campania (Italy)

›  Flevoland (Netherlands)

›  Burgerland (Austria)

›  Northern Region, Alentejo, Algarve, Lisbon, Tagus Valley, Central Region (Portugal)

›  Western Isles, Highlands, Merseyside, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-4202/97 and E-4203/97
given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission

(26 February 1998)

Because of the length of the answer, which includes a number of tables, the Commission is sending it direct to the
Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(98/C 196/141)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4205/97

by Gerardo Ferna·ndez-Albor (PPE) to the Commission

(21 January 1998)

Subject: Courses on the European Union on school syllabuses

The European Union is a reality encompassing all facets of the lives of Community citizens, since they live in a
de facto and de jure community with all the other citizens of the Member States.

For this reason it is essential that Community citizens should be able to identify, from their schooldays onwards,
with all that the European Union represents in their personal, professional and political lives.

Can  the  Commission  therefore  say  what  it  knows  about  the  school  syllabus  in  the  Member  States  in  which
European  Union  studies  are  compulsory  and  what  steps  it  is  taking  to  ensure  that  ultimately  all  the  fifteen
Member States agree to include it as a compulsory subject on the school syllabus?

Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission

(24 February 1998)

While  recognising  the  importance  of  Community-oriented  education  for  the  development  of  European
citizenship, the Commission wishes to draw the attention of the Honourable Member to Article 126 of the EC
Treaty,  under  which  the  Community  is  required  to  (cid:145)contribute  to  the  development  of  quality  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 diversity(cid:146).