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EUROPEAN UNION

The European Parliament has approved the Treaty of Lisbon and urges all Member States to proceed on to national ratification as soon as possible. This is the only way to make sure that the new Community ID Card will be in place by the 1st of January 2009, before the Assembly elections which will take […]

CCEE-KEK

Spreading and knowledge of the Bible in Europe, inter-religious dialogue, in particular with Islam, the protection of Creation, migration and peace. These are the items on the agenda of the Churches in Europe for “the future of the cooperation” between the Conference of European Churches (Kek) and the Council of the European Bishops Conferences (Ccee). […]

GERMANY

Immediate relief to Iraqi Christians: this the priority voiced during a meeting organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on the situation of Christians in Iraq, held in Berlin in the past few days. The tragic situation, of which little is known and is said in Europe, was illustrated by several speakers: CDU MP, Arnold Vaatz, […]

FRANCE

Around sixty bishops took part in a permanent training session in Rennes from February 18th-20th which this year dealt with bio-ethics. The meeting was organised by the Doctrinal Commission of the French Bishops Conference. The laws on bioethics which were voted in 2004 will be revised next year, and this revision “has already sparked a […]

Ireland: Confirmation and Communion, an appeal to sobernessMartin Cullen, Irish Minister for the Family and Society, defined First Communion and Confirmation celebrations as “excessive”. He also distributed a brochure informing parents on how to save their money. The two events are often viewed by Irish families as the most important social happening of the year. […]

Scotland: “no” to new nuclear warheads The Catholic Church of Scotland appointed a representative to the Sustainable Development Commission to envisage solutions that would halt the renovation of Scotland’s nuclear arsenal presently located in Faslane, Glasgow. The Bishops Conference of the Country always opposed a nuclear arsenal, a stand supported by many Scotsmen and by […]

FRONT PAGE

In the debates dedicated to the streamlining of the party system reference is often made to European party organizations. This is a positive signal that demonstrates the ever stronger awareness of how closely political structures are interdependent within the EU. The national parties of the individual member states need unity of action with their own […]

Controllo delle frontiere e libera circolazioneUn sistema integrato per la gestione delle frontiere esterne dell’Unione europea, così da accrescere la sicurezza interna e rendere possibile al contempo la libertà di movimento nell’area Schengen, sia dei cittadini comunitari che di quelli in regola dei paesi terzi. Sono gli obiettivi di una serie di provvedimenti avanzati dalla […]

STORIA EUROPEA

Una “Casa della storia europea” per dare nuovo impulso al processo di integrazione comunitaria. La proposta, lanciata esattamente un anno fa nel suo discorso di insediamento dal presidente del Parlamento di Strasburgo, Hans-Gert Poettering, sta ora muovendo i primi passi ufficiali. È stato infatti creato un Comitato di esperti che dovrà stendere il progetto della […]

KOSOVO

Il Kosovo “non è un territorio come gli altri”. Vuk Jeremic, ministro degli esteri della Serbia, mette le mani avanti volendo spiegare la dura presa di posizione del suo governo dopo la dichiarazione unilaterale di indipendenza resa domenica 17 febbraio dalle autorità di Pristina. “Il Kosovo è al crocevia dell’identità, è il legame essenziale tra […]