WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2861/98 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA to the Council. Arrangements envisaged by the Council for the project shared amongst European cities of culture in 2000
Date: 1998-09-14
Institutions: European Parliament, VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, Europe, cultural cooperation, cultural event

14.5.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 135/129

Is the Council aware of these facts and of the forthcoming trial against this political party? Does the
Council consider that, in view of the criminal proceedings against the Rainbow Party, there can be said to
be a breach of international treaty provisions which also apply to Greece? What steps does the Council
intend to take to ensure that inter alia the fundamental freedom of choice of language is also respected in
Greece?

Reply

(20/21 December 1998)

The Honourable Member is referred to the reply given to Question No E-1998/98.

(1999/C 135/155)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2850/98

by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission

(28 September 1998)

Subject: Reappraisal of energy-based medical techniques

There are a number of academic disciplines and fields of professional specialisation which do not
currently receive adequate support from the European Social Fund, but which have considerable potential
as sources of employment. In particular, the Homo Sapiens Academy of Viareggio (Italy) offers
specialisation courses for doctors and psychologists on an energy-based approach to psychology and
clinical practice, designed to provide a familiarisation with this area, and its implications for health,
showing its many connections with the biological, psychological and relational aspects of human beings.
The energy-based approach has always been confined to experimentation, and moreover, it is not an
official field. However, the changed cultural climate has now made it possible to establish a body of
knowledge with methodological rigour.

In view of the above can the Commission say:

1. whether there is any provision for measures to facilitate and/or fund the spread and adoption of these

methods and courses?

2. whether there are any documents on this subject produced by the Commission or any other

Community bodies?

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(23 November 1998)

The distribution of European social fund (ESF) funding is handled by monitoring committees which make
detailed arrangements for the selection of projects. As a general rule, advanced-level specialisation
courses are not co-financed by the ESF. The Commission has not adopted any guidelines for monitoring
committees as to the support of the discipline mentioned by the Honourable Member, nor is it aware of any
documents on this subject produced by any Community body.

(1999/C 135/156)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2861/98

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Council

(14 September 1998)

Subject: Arrangements envisaged by the Council for the project shared amongst European cities of

culture in 2000

In recognition of the symbolic significance of the year 2000, the EU has decided to undertake a project
which for the first time will be shared amongst nine European cities of culture: Avignon, Cracow,
Reykjavik, Santiago de Compostela, Helsinki, Bergen, Bologna, Brussels and Prague. Five cities from EU
Member States and four from European countries outside the Union will thus join together in a cultural
cooperation project without precedent in Europe, insofar as it brings together three cities from northern