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Lent" "

A Lent devoted to charity, fasting and prayer. At the charitable level, it will be the CCFD (Catholic Committee against famine and for development) that will receive – on the designation of the French episcopate – the funds collected during Lent. Meanwhile the cycle of lectures in the cathedral of Paris are continuing; aimed at […]

the universities

On the occasion of the first European Day of university students, promoted by the Office for university apostolate of the Vicariate of Rome in collaboration with the European Committee of university chaplains, John Paul II met students on 2 March, on the conclusion of a Marian prayer vigil in the Paul VI Hall in the […]

Following the request made by the European Council in Laeken, in December 2001, the European Commission has adopted a report proposing to the Council the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Bank (EMB). The EMB would operate as a subsidiary arm of the European Investment Bank (EIB); the latter would retain the majority of shares in the […]

the convention

The inaugural session of the Convention on the future of Europe took place in Brussels on Thursday, 28 February (cf. SirEurope nos. 7/2002 and 12/2001). Opening the proceedings, José Maria Aznar, Spanish Prime Minister and current President of the Council, emphasized the need for Europe to redefine its own role within the changed continental and […]

· Information society (EU-Latin America) – Invitation to present proposals for the implementation of trial projects in the sector of the information society published by EuropeAid. Deadline for the presentation of proposals: 31/10/2002. For further information, contact: European Commission, Office for EuropeAid Cooperation, Unit E2, J-54, 4/75, Rue de Genève, 1, B-1049 Bruxelles. E-mail: EuropeAid-ALIS@cec.eu.int, […]

The European Parliament met in plenary session in Strasbourg from 11 to 14 March 2002. The main points on the agenda were the following: · Declaration of the Commission – World governance following the World Social Forum at Porto Alegre and the World Economic Forum in New York; · Joint discussion – Guidelines for the […]

agenda" "

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Communication of the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the economic and social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions – The life sciences and biotechnology – A strategy for Europe (OGEC C […]

“ We need to listen to people if the EU is ever to have a comprehensible Constitution“: that’s the suggestion of I. Méndez di Vigo, member of the Presidium of the Convention for the future of Europe. Writing in the Spanish daily ABC of 28/2 Méndez di Vigo declares that the decision-making mechanism needs to […]

editoriale" "

L’apertura, a Bruxelles, dei lavori della Convenzione destinata ad elaborare il progetto di costituzione europea rappresenta un evento ricco di significato sotto molti profili, siano essi politici che giuridici. Politici perché dalla scelta degli “argomenti” che saranno inseriti – accanto a quelli già previsti – dipende la redazione ed il contenuto di un testo al […]

svizzera

I cittadini svizzeri, con una stretta maggioranza (54,6 %), lo scorso 3 marzo hanno detto “sì” all’adesione alle Nazioni Unite. La maggioranza dei “no” si è concentrata nei cantoni di lingua tedesca e nel Ticino. Compatto invece il voto favorevole dei cantoni di lingua francese, che hanno determinato la vittoria dei “sì”. Le Chiese, cattolica […]