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“ Slovenia’s entry into the EU will be the fulfilment of a dream lasting a thousand years and confirm her own sovereignty, her own independence and her own desire to embrace Western culture“. This event, so long awaited, thus has a significance for Slovenia that far transcends the economic and political aspect. “Slovenia – says […]

General confidence in the “European” future with some concerns about questions involving the ethical sphere: such is the basic attitude of the Hungarian Church to EU membership. The Hungarian bishops are currently preparing a pastoral letter on Europe, that will soon be published: “We are conscious that the months ahead represent a very important turning […]

Annexed to the Soviet Union in 1940, it regained its independence on 9 February 1991. Today, its population looks to Europe with mingled fears and hopes. We discussed the matter with Father Gintaras Grusas, general secretary of the country’s Episcopal Conference. Together with Poland, Lithuania is one of the two countries of the former Soviet […]

“Co-responsible for the future face of Europe”. In the mind of Bishop Vaclav Maly, delegate of the Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic for relations with the European Union (EU), there are no doubts: “Entry will involve economic and political union with Europe, but at the same time it will mean becoming co-responsible for the […]

enlargement

In view of the European Council in Copenhagen that will sanction EU enlargement from 15 to 25 countries, we have gathered the comments of the episcopal conferences of the ten new members, which we will publish beginning with the present number. Below we provide a résumé of the next stages that will lead to the […]

The main objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are increased agricultural yield; the achievement of satisfactory living standards for workers employed in agriculture; the stabilization of markets; the achievement of agricultural self-sufficiency in Europe; and the availability of farm produce at an affordable price for the consumer. In January 1962, the Council adopted the […]

The plenary assembly of the Commission of the episcopates of the European Community (COMECE), meeting in Brussels on 28 and 29 November, drafted a declaration on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) which follows up a similar document in March 2001. We give a brief summary of it below. In the view of […]

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The plenary assembly of COMECE, the Commission of the episcopates of the European Community, has preceded governments and already enlarged itself to the bishops of the new countries that will become part of the Union in 2004. Meeting in Brussels on 28 and 29 November, COMECE expressed deep satisfaction about the forthcoming enlargement of the […]

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Salvo clamorosi colpi di scena, il 1° maggio 2004 entreranno nella casa comune europea Repubblica Ceca, Cipro, Estonia, Lettonia, Lituania, Malta, Polonia, Slovacchia, Slovenia ed Ungheria. In tutto oltre 73 milioni di persone che porteranno il numero dei cittadini europei a circa mezzo miliardo. Con l’ingresso di ben 8 stati che hanno provato sulla propria […]

La Lituania è uno dei dieci Paesi candidati ad entrare nell’Unione Europea. Annessa all’Unione Sovietica nel 1940, ha riconquistato l’indipendenza il 9 febbraio del 1991. Oggi, la popolazione guarda all’Europa tra dubbi e speranze. Ne parliamo con padre Gintaras Grusas, segretario generale della Conferenza episcopale della Lituania. Con la Polonia, sono i due paesi dell’area […]