European Parliament 11 February 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0308/02 by Marie Isler Béguin (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Community programme of environmental education at school.

Given that Eurostat has considerable statistical resources at its disposal, can the Commission explain why it is that social data of such importance are not regularly updated? Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission (16 April 2002) In its Communication to the European Council in Barcelona (1), the Commission uses data on income distribution and poverty which refer to 1998.