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Yesterday (18/12/2007 ) at the European Parliament in Brussels was placed the official signature of the EU budget for the year 2008, for a total sum of 129.1 billion Euro, (+ 2.2% compared to 2007, representing 1.03% of the Community’s Gdp). For the first time in the history of the Community, agricultural policy – the […]

The EU Commission decided that the year 2010 will be Europe’s year for the fight against poverty and social exclusion and allocated a 17 million Euro budget to the related campaign and events. In presenting the decision to Strasbourg, the Commissioner in charge of Employment and Social Affairs Vladimir Spidla highlighted the importance of “arising […]

“Which are the Community’s ten most successful undertakings of the year 2007?”: the European Commission’s answer is found on the website (www.ec.europa.eu). In the year marking the 50th anniversary since the establishment of the Community, the most important reached objective according to the Executive is the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, “to make the EU […]

48% of European citizens believe in the EU; 34% declare they have faith in their national government. The autumn survey by Eurobarometro , presented in Brussels during the week, revealed that “the overall attitude of citizens towards Community Europe and its institutions is extremely positive”. The citizens of the 27 are instead “increasingly worried about […]

Fire, earth, water, air and ether: these are the five elements which compose the logo of the Slovenian Presidency to the EU Council which Lubiana will take on starting January 1st 2008. The symbols in the drawing intend to describe the Country and the distinctive traits of the Slovenian people. Ether in particular, “symbolizes what […]

“I want to congratulate myself with Hungary as the first Country to cast it s vote of approval to the Lisbon Treaty”. José Manuel Barroso, President of the Commission, on December 18 addressed the expressions of his gratitude to Budapest and explained that “the Parliament’s vote of last night, is the expression of Hungary’s support […]

EU - DEATH PENALTY

“The vote of the UN General Assembly is an irreversible milestone on the road of the definitive abolition of the death penalty in the entire world.” The voice of Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) was one of the first European voices to be heard after the approval of the resolution, […]

EUROPEAN AGENDA

CCEEJANUARY12/16 – Holy Land – Visit of the coordination group of the Bishops Conferences in support of the Catholic Church and Christians in the Holy Land FEBRUARY8/10 – Cologne (Germany) – Meeting of the “Migration” Committee Topic: Preparation to the yearly meeting of 200821/24 – London (UK) – Yearly meeting of the Ccce-Kek Joint CommitteeTopics: […]

The Catholic Church of Sweden says no to the bill of law that the Government plans to submit to Parliament in 2008 and that would introduce a “sexually neutral marriage”, whereby marriage and “partnership” would be covered by the same legislation. In a note from the Catholic diocese of Stockholm, the bishop Anders Arborelius recalls […]

The Council for the family of the Polish Bishops Conference issued a letter to all Polish senators and MPs elected past 21 October, whereby “in the context of the recent statements by the representatives of the Polish government on artificial insemination in vitro it recalls the Magisterium of the Church on this subject”. The letter, […]