President.

Question No 35 by Georgios Papastamkos (H-0453/07)

Subject: Nuclear power in the Balkans

What projects for the construction of new nuclear power stations in the EU Member States of the Balkans peninsula, and in south-eastern Europe generally, have been notified to the Commission? In view of the gradual closure of the nuclear reactors at Kozlodui and the parallel construction of a nuclear power plant at Belene, how is the region's energy map taking shape? Is nuclear energy a correct and appropriate strategic choice for the Member States of the region to meet their energy requirements, bearing in mind the reservations that have been expressed in connection with the many powerful earthquakes this region has endured in the past?