Redazione

FRANCIA

Nuove solidarietà: un palliativo delle ingiustizie create dall’economia liberale o piuttosto un assaggio di una possibile società più solidale? A ben guardare la vivacità delle circa 40 esperienze presenti all’84ª edizione delle Settimane Sociali di Francia (Parigi, 19-22 novembre) emerge, innanzitutto, quella che il sociologo Julien Damon chiama “l’audacia del pensiero” che cerca di costruire […]

FRANCIA

Cinque proposte per contribuire a diffondere una nuova cultura della solidarietà e per spingere gli attori politici, economici e sociali ad un maggiore coraggio ed audacia nelle loro scelte. A lanciarle, al termine della 84ª edizione delle Settimane Sociali di Francia (Ssf) svoltasi a Parigi dal 19 al 22 novembre su “Nuove solidarietà – nuova […]

PRIMA PAGINA

All’indomani della chiusura della 84ª edizione delle Settimane Sociali di Francia (Ssf), svoltasi a Parigi dal 19 al 22 novembre su “Nuove solidarietà – nuova società”, proponiamo una riflessione, per SIR Europa, di padre Henri Madelin.Si impone una constatazione: nel corso degli ultimi anni, la povertà è diminuita ma nello stesso tempo le ineguaglianze e […]

LISBON TREATY

The countdown has begun for the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. The last manoeuvres are going ahead in the EU institutions to ensure that as from 1st December the “common home” can rely on a framework of consolidated rules to manage the EU27 in a more transparent and efficient way.“Stable” EU President and […]

EUROPEAN UNION

“Europe is the homeland of our homelands”, Vaclav Havel said with his very poetic and literary inspirational tone. Even whilst walking along the corridors of the European Parliament, while admiring an exhibition on the fall of the Berlin Wall or engaging in discussions with MEPs and journalists, the subject of politics is addressed in the […]

COMECE

COMECE, the European body represented by EU-27 bishops held its plenary assembly in Brussels November 18-20 at a crucial moment for the EU, seeking greater solidity and project development. SIR Europe attended the final press conference. Follow the highlights of the meeting. The European Union in defense of religious freedom. A document on the promotion […]

Spain: Cardinal Varela, “the economic crisis persists”In Spain, “the economic crisis persists and unemployment will not slow down, it is actually speeding up. Many companies, especially small- and medium-size concerns, cannot cope. These cold statistic figures must not hide that figures stand for people: families who have trouble coping with primary needs, such as food, […]

SOCIAL WEEKS

Portugal: constructing the common goodIn the framework of the meetings envisaged by the Social Week dedicated to the theme: “The Construction of the Common Good”, held in the city of Aveiro on November 20-22, the Patriarch of Lisbon recalled, “In this time of globalization the good of individuals and of human groups is strictly linked […]

FRANCE

New forms of solidarity: a palliative of injustices created by liberal economy or a taste of greater solidarity across societies? Indeed, the vivacity of the 40 realities represented in the 84th edition of the Social Weeks of France (Paris, November 19-22) brings to the fore what sociologist Julien Damon has defined as “the boldness of […]

FRANCE

Upon the conclusion of the 84th edition of the Social Weeks of France (SSF), held in Paris November 19-22 on the theme “New Solidarity – New Society”, President Jêrome Vignon presented five proposals to promote the dissemination of a new culture of solidarity and lead political, economic and social stakeholders to be more courageous and […]