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European Parliament 19.9.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 270 E / 1 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER Written questions by Members of the European Parliament and their answers given by a European Union institution (2013/C 270 E/01) Contents Page E-005440/12 by Andreas Mölzer to the Commission Subject: Preparations for an intensification of the euro crisis Deutsche Fassung .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 E-005827/12 by Mario Borghezio to the Commission Subject: Switzerland is preparing for the end of the euro; what about European banks? Versione italiana ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 E-005850/12 by Mario Borghezio to the Commission Subject: Measures in relation to the Greek default Versione italiana ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 20 E-005231/12 by Barry Madlener to the Commission Subject: ECB Crisis Team Nederlandse versie ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 E-005060/12 by Diogo Feio to the Commission Subject: Greece: possible exit from the euro Versão portuguesa ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 E-005094/12 by Nuno Melo to the Commission Subject: Political crisis in Greece jeopardises its membership of the single currency Versão portuguesa ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 C 270 E / 2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 19.9.2013 E-005321/12 by Nikolaos Chountis to the Commission Subject: New sentence for Leyla Zana in Turkey Ελληνική έκδοση ................................................................................................................................................................. 21 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 24 E-005584/12 by Antigoni Papadopoulou to the Commission Subject: Leyla Zana sentenced again Ελληνική έκδοση ................................................................................................................................................................. 21 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 25 E-005520/12 by Auke Zijlstra and Barry Madlener to the Commission Subject: Sakharov prize winner Leyla Zana sentenced to 10 years in prison Nederlandse versie ............................................................................................................................................................ 22 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 24 P-005430/12 by Marita Ulvskog to the Commission Subject: VP/HR — Failure to respect fundamental rights in Turkey and the sentence against Leyla Zana Svensk version ................................................................................................................................................................... 23 English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 24 E-007409/12 by Ian Hudghton to the Commission Subject: EU transport funding for island communities English version .................................................................................................................................................................. 26 E-007432/12 by Roberta Angelilli, Jim Higgins, Othmar Karas, Georgios Papastamkos, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, László Surján, Simon Busuttil, Danuta Maria Hübner, Elmar Brok, Marietta Giannakou, Ioannis Kasoulides, Andrey Kovatchev, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Mariya Nedelcheva, Gay Mitchell, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Kinga Gál, Elena Băsescu, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Gabriele Albertini, Elena Oana Antonescu, Zoltán Bagó, Bánki Erik, Paolo Bartolozzi, Regina Bastos, Heinz K. Becker, Ivo Belet, Philippe Boulland, Antonio Cancian, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Rachida Dati, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Małgorzata Handzlik, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Brice Hortefeux, Lívia Járóka, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Romana Jordan, Filip Kaczmarek, Krišjānis Kariņš, Seán Kelly, Ádám Kósa, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Jan Kozłowski, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Eduard Kukan, Giovanni La Via, Veronica Lope Fontagné, Petru Constantin Luhan, Barbara Matera, Véronique Mathieu, Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Mairead McGuinness, Nadezhda Neynsky, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Eva Ortiz Vilella, Georgios Papanikolaou, Hubert Pirker, Konstantinos Poupakis, Zuzana Roithová, Licia Ronzulli, Kārlis Šadurskis, Potito Salatto, Csaba Sógor, Peter Šťastný, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Vladimir Urutchev, Dominique Vlasto, Iuliu Winkler, Anna Záborská and Paweł Zalewski to the Commission Subject: Youth unemployment: request for information on the results achieved by the ‘action teams’ and the reprogramming of European funds for youth employment българска версия ............................................................................................................................................................... 27 Versión española ............................................................................................................................................................... 29 České znění ........................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Deutsche Fassung .............................................................................................................................................................. 33 Ελληνική έκδοση ................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Version française ............................................................................................................................................................... 37 Versione italiana ................................................................................................................................................................ 39 Latviešu valodas versija .................................................................................................................................................... 41 Magyar változat ................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Verżjoni Maltija ................................................................................................................................................................. 45 Nederlandse versie ............................................................................................................................................................ 47 Wersja polska .................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Versão portuguesa ............................................................................................................................................................ 51 Versiunea în limba română .............................................................................................................................................. 53 Slovenské znenie
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