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Mons. Hugo Unterberger è il parroco della chiesa di Sankt Elisabeth, nel 4° distretto di Vienna. E’ una parrocchia non molto grande, vicina alla Stazione ferroviaria Sud in uno dei distretti, una volta molto popolosi, costruiti nella seconda metà dell’Ottocento, che circondano il centro di Vienna come un anello. La popolazione del distretto diminuisce ogni […]

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È necessario partire da quattro fatti importanti. Il primo, reale, e la cui esistenza è impossibile evitare, a costo di una pesante crisi economica, è la globalizzazione. Durante il lungo periodo dalla Guerra di Secessione negli Stati Uniti alla II Guerra Mondiale si rafforzarono i nazionalismi e prese spazio la dottrina dell’arricchirsi a scapito del […]

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The 9th public ordinary Consistory, convened by the Pope on 21 October for the creation of 31 new cardinals (including one “ in pectore“), was given wide coverage in the main international dailies on the following day (22 October). They especially reflect on the relation between Consistory and Conclave. “The Curia and the entourage of […]

The joint Council of Ministers of labour and social affairs, meeting in Brussels, adopted two decisions in the social sector on 20 October. First, the plan for a common health card for all the countries of the Union, beginning from July 2004, was approved: emergency medical treatment may be provided to a European citizen on […]

During their plenary session in Strasbourg (20-23/10/2003), MEPs approved various reports, in particular the one by which the EP authorises the Union to ratify the “Convention on competence, applicable law, recognition, execution and cooperation concerning the responsibility of parents and measures for the protection of juveniles”, better known as The Hague Convention of 1996. In […]

After the criticisms expressed by French premier Raffarin of the “straightjacket” of the Stability Pact that was allegedly preventing his country from launching its economic revival, and after the pressure brought to bear by other countries on the Commissioner for the Economy Pedro Solbes on the need to revise the Pact, the Italian Presidency declared […]

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An extraordinary debate on European immigration and asylum policy took place on Wednesday, 22 October. The debate had been convened by the Italian Presidency of the EU following the tragic events of Lampedusa and especially the reluctance of the countries of northern Europe to support the need for the EU to assume the costs and […]

The European Parliament’s commission for culture and education unanimously approved, in recent days, a report by Marielle De Sarnez on the Erasmus Mundus programme. Complementing the already well-known Erasmus programme for inter-university student exchanges within the EU, the programme is aimed at opening European universities and colleges to students from all over the world. The […]

The European Council and Commission should include in future trade and development agreements a specific clause that provides for the application of sanctions and, if need be, the suspension of the accord in the case of serious and recurrent violations of women’s rights, such as genital mutilation, mutilation with acid, corporal punishment inflicted in public, […]

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Greece has presented a proposal relating to the Council’s framework decision on the prevention and repression of the traffic in human organs and tissues. The proposal was favourably accepted by the European Parliament’s Commission for the liberties and rights of citizens, which examined it during the EP’s recent plenary session (20-23 October). The traffic in […]