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FRANCIA

L’Assemblea nazionale francese sta procedendo in questi giorni nella discussione e nell’approvazione degli articoli del progetto di legge cosiddetto “mariage pour tous”. La legge, che prevede la possibilità del matrimonio e dell’adozione da parte delle coppie omosessuali, non contempla però la possibilità della procreazione medicalmente assistita (Pma). Una proposta di legge su questo argomento è […]

GRAN BRETAGNA

Per Cameron è stata una vittoria di Pirro quella che ha portato il 5 febbraio, dopo un dibattito di sette ore, all’approvazione dei matrimoni gay. I 400 voti a favore (175 i contrari), erano dei liberaldemocratici, suoi alleati al governo e dei laburisti, mentre 136 conservatori, quasi la metà di tutto il suo partito, hanno […]

EUROPEAN UNION

A polycentric European week marked by the plenary meeting of the European Parliament (February 4-7), the European Council (February 7-8), the close negotiations on the multiannual financial framework and the focus on international issues: in the past few days EU politics has been divided between Brussels, Strasbourg, the capital of EU27 Member States, Tunis… On […]

NEW MOVEMENTS

From February 4 to 6 Warsaw hosted the joint meeting of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and of the Conference of European Churches (KEK). For three days in depth debates were held with the contribution of experts and the sharing of experiences on the theme of "The new Christian movements in Europe: challenges […]

EDITORIAL

On January 31st, feast day of St. John Bosco, the report on the European Union (EU) illicit drug market was presented in Europe. On the following day, the EU Statistics Agency, Eurostat, published the latest unemployment figures for the Euro zone and the EU. We cannot remain unmoved after analyzing these figures and reading this […]

GREAT BRITAIN

The adoption of the bill on gay marriages after a seven-hour debate is a pyrrhic victory. 400 ‘yes votes’ were cast by Liberal Democrats (in the government coalition) Labour MPs while some 136 Conservatives, 50% of all the party members, opposed it (175 noes all together). For the Catholic and Anglican Churches religious freedom is […]

UCRAINA

Il 29 gennaio si è tenuta a Roma una riunione dei vescovi della Chiesa greco-cattolica ucraina (Ugcc) dei Paesi dell’Europa occidentale, con l’obiettivo di stabilire una più stretta cooperazione fra le strutture dell’Ugcc a livello regionale. Vi hanno partecipato l’esarca apostolico in Germania e in Scandinavia, il vescovo Petro Kryk; l’eparca di Londra e visitatore […]

COMECE

Citizenship, asylum rights, biofuels: these are some of the themes addressed in the February issue of Europe Infos, along with a report on the initiatives of the external action service for the defense of religious freedom and the joint declaration of French and German bishops for the 50th anniversary of Franco-German reconciliation. The ope-ed by […]

FRANCE

Over the past days France’s National Assembly has been engaged in the debate for the adoption of the so-called "marriage pour tous" bill. The draft law legalizes the possibility of gay couples to marry and adopt children but doesn’t mention medically assisted procreation (MAP), which is the object of a legislative proposal up for discussion […]

UKRAINE

On 29 January, a meeting of the hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) from the countries of Western Europe was held in Rome, with aim to establish a closer cooperation among the structures of UGCC in the region. It was attended by apostolic exarch in Germany and Scandinavia, bishop Petro Kryk; London eparch […]