European Parliament 6 April 1998, WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1035/98 by Fernando FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN to the Commission. The effects of 'El Niño'

(98/C 402/076) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1035/98 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE) to the Commission (6 April 1998) Subject: The effects of ‘El Niño’ The ‘El Niño’ phenomenon is having increasingly serious effects in various regions of the world −natural disasters such as floods and storms are followed by severe drought, causing fires and destroying crops and leaving people hungry, poor and destitute,