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EUROPEAN COUNCIL

EU leadership’s optimism at the end of last week’s European Council can be understood only if a link is established between the major challenges put on the agenda, the will to reach pragmatic agreements displayed by almost all EU States, and the achieved results. One of the “achieved objectives” are the Irish guarantees, which will […]

EUROPEAN COUNCIL

The short amount of time devoted to a busy agenda (less than one day), didn’t discourage the 27 EU heads of government and State, summoned in Brussels June 18-19 for the European Council meeting. The political and economic dossiers were rapidly examined. A number of decisions were taken by the end of the summit; but […]

ISLAM IN FRANCE

During the annual meeting of the International Scientific Council of the Oasis Foundation, (www.oasiscenter.eu) that was concluded yesterday, June 23rd, in Venice, Azzedine Gaci, President of the Regional Council of Muslim religion (CRCM) for the Rhône Alpes region in France, expressed the wish to establish a “French Islam” that encompasses the formation of Imams. Oasis […]

GERMANY

After six years of discussion and polemics, on June 18, the Bundestag, Germany’s Federal Parliament, adopted a law regarding living wills. The Bundestag voted 320/566 in favour. According to the new law, patients’ living wills concerning medical treatment are binding for medical staff regardless of the patients’ health stage. Germany’s Catholic Church took a stand […]

France: Pax Christi urges a conference on Iraq”A firm condemnation” of the terrorist attacks that on Saturday 20th and Monday 22nd June hit the cities of Kirkuk and Baghdad was expressed by Pax Christi France, in the person of its president, the bishop of Troyes, Marc Stenger, who also would like to hold an international […]

FRONT PAGE

The waltz of candidates for leading posts in EU institutions triggered major media attention during the June 18-19 EU Council. The ever-more personalized political environment, marked by the quest for names to be served up on a platter to the public opinion, needs to identify its institutions with familiar leaders and reassuring faces. Thus it […]

Domenica 28 giugno Benedetto XVI chiuderà l’Anno Paolino con i Vespri Solenni nella basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura. Nell’indire questo speciale Anno giubilare il Papa proponeva la realizzazione di eventi liturgici, culturali ed ecumenici, di iniziative pastorali e sociali ispirate alla spiritualità paolina. Chiedeva di organizzare pellegrinaggi e di promuovere convegni di studio […]

Euroassemblea: libertà per Aung San Suu Kyi”Free Aung San Suu Kyi now” (Liberate subito Aung San Suu Kyi): il Parlamento europeo ha lanciato una campagna di sensibilizzazione a favore della dissidente birmana, Premio Sakharov nel 1990 e premio Nobel per la pace nel 1991. In vista della ripresa del processo in corso nel paese asiatico, […]

CONSIGLIO EUROPEO

Tra i punti all’ordine del giorno del Consiglio europeo del 18-19 giugno è stata posta la designazione del prossimo presidente della Commissione. La squadra guidata dal portoghese José Manuel Barroso è entrata in carica il 22 novembre 2004 e il suo mandato scadrà il 31 ottobre. Ma, secondo le procedure comunitarie, il nome del nuovo […]

TRATTA

Compie i primi passi da soli due mesi e verrà lanciata ufficialmente nel 2011 in Polonia: si tratta di “Renate” (l’acronimo significa Religious in Europe network against trafficking and exploitation) e ha l’intento di riunire tutte le religiose delle diverse congregazioni che in Europa lottano contro il traffico e lo sfruttamento di donne e bambini. […]