WRITTEN QUESTION E-0818/02 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Dwindling population and the rate of unemployment in Galicia.
Date: 2002-03-27
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Galicia, economic and social cohesion, employment policy, female unemployment, fight against unemployment, full employment, unemployment

C 229 E/142

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

26.9.2002

(2002/C 229 E/162)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0818/02

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Council

(27 March 2002)

Subject: Dwindling population and the rate of unemployment in Galicia

European reports on employment and regional development agree that in the European Union there is a
direct link between unemployment and low per capita income, so that the regions least affected by
unemployment, with an average of 2,7 %, basically belong to the rich regions, whilst those most affected
by unemployment, with an average of 21,9 %, are situated in the least developed countries. In this context,
and against the background of a dwindling population in Galicia, the latest unemployment figures for
Spain show that the rate in Galicia reached 12,88 % in February, without there being any sign of mobility
among the working population which might suggest a change for the better in the short or medium term.

What steps taken by the Council in the process started in Lisbon and continued in Barcelona in the
interests of sustainable development, poverty reduction, greater social cohesion,
full employment 0
particularly for the benefit of women 0 and promoting the quality of work may be destined to make a
positive and significant change in the situation of the working population and employment in an area such
as Galicia, and thus enable it to overcome its situation of comparative backwardness?

Reply

(27 June 2002)

The Council would refer the Honourable Member to its reply to Written Question E-0589/02 on the
Lisbon strategy, put by Elisa Damião. The case of Galicia must be approached in accordance with the
principles of that strategy.

(2002/C 229 E/163)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0822/02

by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission

(19 March 2002)

Subject: Channelling and development work on the River Barxell in Alcoy (Alicante)

Can the Commission state what progress has been made on Complaint 2001/4783, SG (2001) A/9437
submitted by the ‘Colla Ecologista la Carrasca’ environmental association on the project for channelling,
protection and development work on the River Barxell, the first stage of which focuses on the San Jorge
viaduct in Alcoy (Alicante)?

In the Commission’s view, to what extent does this project fail to comply with Community law, with
particular reference to Directives 97/62/EC (1), 92/43/EEC (2) and 79/409/EEC (3)?

Does it consider the project to be in keeping with the provisions of the water policy framework directive
(2000/60/EC (4))?

(1) OJ L 305, 8.11.1997, p. 42.
(2) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1.

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(26 April 2002)

The Commission has received a complaint, registered under the reference number 2001/4783, on the
project of canalisation of the urban stretch of the river Barxell in Alcoy (Spain).