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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0355/04 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Funding for young artists.
Date: 2004-02-12
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, European cultural event, action programme, artistic profession, cultural promotion

C 84 E/372

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

(2004/C 84 E/0430)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0355/04

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(12 February 2004)

Subject: Funding for young artists

The cultural association ‘Prometeo’ of Alatri
in the province of Frosinone has long been involved in
promoting and publicising an international art and literature prize, the aims of which include fostering the
knowledge of various cultures and traditions via paintings and sculptures produced by various artists from
different EU Member States.

The prize is awarded for an artistic work on a specific theme which is decided on each year, but it is left
up to the artists to choose what technique they consider most appropriate.

The aim of the whole initiative is to promote the trans-national dissemination of culture and the
movement of artists and artistic works, which is also one of the objectives of ‘Culture 2000’.

In view of the above, can the Commission say:

1. what measures or programmes are envisaged to fund this kind of initiative in the context of ‘Cultura

2000’;

2. whether there are similar initiatives within the EU;

3. whether this sector is one of the priorities for 2004?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(19 March 2004)

and 2. The Commission would ask the Honourable Member to refer to its reply to Written Question

1.
E-0938/03 (1).

3.
The Commission would also remind the Honourable Member that the call for proposals for projects
to be undertaken in 2004 closed on 30 October 2003 for annual projects and on 14 November 2003 for
multiannual projects.

(1) OJ C 242 E, 9.10.2003, p. 212.

(2004/C 84 E/0431)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0356/04

by Pasqualina Napoletano (PSE),
Giorgio Ruffolo (PSE), Guido Sacconi (PSE)
and Walter Veltroni (PSE) to the Commission

(12 February 2004)

Subject: Crisis in the steel sector in Terni

The company Thyssen Krupp (TK) recently presented its technical schedule, which indicates its decision to
close the AST’s electrical steel department in Terni, Italy, entailing the loss of 900 jobs in the area
concerned.

Electrical steel is of decisive importance for the overall equilibrium of the Terni steelworks, in terms of
production arrangements and synergies and the implications for employment; furthermore, TK promised
to make Terni the European centre of excellence for grain-oriented electrical steel.

The plant is one of the company’s European sites with the lowest product unit costs and there has been
enormous public investment, including Community funding linked to the Objective 2 contract and the