Translation of "ouvrage d'art " (French → English) :

"dam" means an engineered structure designed to retain or confine water or waste within a pond;

Combining rail and road has proven its merits[12]: less use of space, joint engineering structures, lower visual impact on and less fragmentation of the landscape, measures to soften the impact of joint infrastructures (anti-noise protection, viaducts for large and small wildlife).

The track, points, engineering structures (bridges, tunnels, etc.), associated station infrastructure (platforms, zones of access, including the needs of persons with reduced mobility, etc.), safety and protective equipment.

In view of my previous oral question on the violation of Community legislation by the Maliakos Bay link and the adverse consequences of the project for the environment in regions protected by directives concerning the preservation of wild birds and Natura 2000; the fact that Maliakos Bay and the valley and mouth of the river Sperkhios are protected areas under the Natura 2000 programme; and the fact that the choice of site and invitation to tender for the project have gone ahead without a full environmental assessment or any attempt to find alternative solutions, thereby violating Directives 85/337/EEC (environmental impact assessment) ...[+++] and 92/43/EEC (preservation of natural biotypes):

What measures and actions has the Commission undertaken, or does it intend to undertake in future, to ensure that Community legislation is respected by the Greek authorities, and does it intend to call for the project to be abandoned and Community funding to be prohibited, since Community legislation is being violated?

I wish here to raise the alarm about the offensive conducted by Front National controlled municipalities in France against culture and democracy. This includes closing pluralist cultural centres, withdrawing from public libraries certain publications and work which are considered pernicious (pedagogical and philosophical works), cutting subsidies for social integration and cultural associations, censoring films, sacking the heads of cultural centres (like at Chateauvallon) and destroying sculptures (such as the sculpture of René Guiffrey at Toulon).