WRITTEN QUESTION E-3128/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. US funding of European federalism.
Date: 2000-10-06
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Movement, United Kingdom, United States, accession to the European Union, espionage, foreign policy, interest group, secret service

8.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 136 E/191

diminishing the incidental catches provoked by longline fisheries; and the adoption at the Food and
agriculture organisation (FAO), in 1999, of the international plan of action (IPOA) for reducing incidental
catch of seabirds in longline fisheries. This plan concerns all States. The Community will present a
Community action plan for seabirds at the next FAO committee of fisheries (COFI), in February 2001.

(1) Council Direcitve 79/409/EC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of the wild birds (OJ L 103, 25.4.1979).
(2) OJ L 6, 10.1.1998.

(2001/C 136 E/222)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3128/00

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(6 October 2000)

Subject: US funding of European federalism

There have been newspaper articles stating that leading figures in the cause of European integration were
funded in their activities through the American Committee for a United Europe, a front for United States
intelligence services.

Such confirm the reports that during the 1975 EEC Referendum in the United Kingdom, disaffected CIA
operatives alerted the leadership of the (cid:145)No(cid:146) campaign that their colleagues were actively involved in the
other camp.

Given that the European Parliament has voiced its concern over Echelon, what is the Council(cid:146)s opinion on
this?

Does the Commission have on file pertinent documents relating to this matter? What is their classification?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(27 October 2000)

As the Honourable Member knows, the whole Echelon context is at present under review in Parliament(cid:146)s
temporary committee created for that purpose. The Commission participates in the committee and
contributes its own findings wherever possible.

As far as the precise questions of the Honourable Member are concerned, the Commission has no
knowledge or documents relating to this matter.

(2001/C 136 E/223)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3129/00

by Mark Watts (PSE) to the Commission

(6 October 2000)

Subject: Ritual slaughter at Eid-el-Kabir festival

For several years, animal protection societies have produced reports and films showing widespread
in France of Council Directive 93/119/EC (1) on the
breaches during the annual Eid-el-Kabir festival
protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing. The Directive is regularly broken in two separate
ways. Firstly, many sheep are ritually slaughtered outdoors; outdoor ritual slaughter is prohibited by the
Directive. Secondly, many of the animals are roughly, even brutally, treated while being carried or dragged
to the slaughter point, while awaiting slaughter and during the act of slaughter itself, which is often carried
out by untrained personnel who in many cases hack and saw at the animals(cid:146) throats often with blunt or
unduly small knives. Despite French claims to have reduced the problem at this year(cid:146)s festival, a huge
number of sheep were slaughtered in breach of the Directive at the festival in March 2000.