European Parliament
President.
Question No 42 by Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou 
Subject: Measures to promote the viability of small and medium-sized businesses
In 2005, there were 140 000 company insolvencies in the European Union of the 15, threatening 1.5 million jobs. In the same year in Greece, there was a significant increase of 54.55% in the number of small and medium-sized Greek businesses which declared bankruptcy compared with 2004. In the light of these figures, what immediate measures will the Commission take to rescue small and medium-sized businesses?

