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Con 316 voti contrari, 37 favorevoli e 47 astenuti, lo scorso 29 novembre, il Parlamento europeo ha respinto la “Relazione sulle implicazioni etiche, giuridiche, economiche e sociali della genetica umana” presentata da Francesco Fiori (Popolari europei). Nel dicembre del 2000, il Parlamento Europeo aveva istituito la “Commissione temporanea sulla genetica umana e le altre nuove […]

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“L’integrazione europea è più di una semplice opzione economica e politica: essa è sinonimo di pace sostenibile, sia dal punto di vista interno, derivando da nuove forme di cooperazione sociale e politica, sia verso l’esterno, attraverso il contributo dell’Ue allo sviluppo globale e alla risoluzione dei conflitti”. E’ quanto affermano i vescovi della Comece, la […]

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The unusual war or military operation in Afghanistan, mainly conducted by the USA which has in various ways supported the ground offensive of the Northern Alliance against the Taleban, seems (the verb seems de rigueur) approaching its end with the Bonn Conference that has now opened. This is a special event in a particularly delicate […]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/laeken_council/ This is the website dedicated to the Laeken Summit of 14/15 December. It was inaugurated by the executive Commission last week. The website is aimed at raising citizens’ awareness of the issues of the European Council, and informing them about the fundamental questions relating to the debate on the future of Europe to be […]

The EP is meeting in plenary session in Brussels on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 November. The main points on the agenda are as follows: · Joint discussion – European Council/Future of the Union; · Declaration of the Council and of the Commission. Preparation of the European Council in Laeken on 14 and 15 December […]

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The following acts and communications, among others, were adopted in the course of last week: · Decision of the Commission, of 20/11/2001, which extends for the eighth time the validity of Decision 1999/815/EC concerning provisions that prohibit the marketing of toys and children’s articles susceptible of being placed in the mouths of children below the […]

“Cloning: up to what point?” (La Croix, 27/11/2001), “Pro-lifers press for a halt to destructive experiments conducted on human embryos” (Catholic Herald, 23/11/2001), “The first results of human cloning call into question its therapeutic use” (Le Monde, 28/11/2001), “Cloned embryos from human cells” (Herald Tribune, 26/11/2001), “The cloning of human embryos arouses condemnation throughout the […]

The European Parliament has expressed its condolences to the Italian government following the gas explosion that ripped apart an apartment block in Rome and caused the death of seven people, and left many injured and hundreds homeless. “I express to you and to the families of the victims – wrote the president of the European […]

The result of a consultation that for the first time enabled the opinions of those directly concerned to be sounded, the White Paper on Youth has now been adopted by the EU Executive. Addressed to the 75 million young people of Europe and to the competent Community authorities on matters of youth policies, the White […]

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A green light for the draft budget of the European Union for 2002. On the night between 21 and 22 November the European Council and Parliament reached provisional agreement even on the most controversial chapters in the budget. In particular, as regards agriculture (the sector that absorbs 50% of EU expenditure), it was decided that […]